Red Blood Cell Transfusion Dependence and Outcome after Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Platzbecker, Uwe; Bornhäuser, Martin; Germing, Ulrich; Stumpf, Julian; L. Scott, Bart; Kröger, Nicolaus; Schwerdtfeger, Rainer; Böhm, Alexandra; Kobbe, Guido; Theuser, Catrin; Rabitsch, Werner; Valent, Peter; L. Sorror, Mohamed; Ehninger, Gerhard; Joachim Deeg, H.

doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.08.006

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Red Blood Cell Transfusion Dependence and Outcome after Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Published in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy • Oct 18, 2008

Authors:

Uwe Platzbecker

Martin Bornhäuser

Ulrich Germing

Abstract

The prognosis of patients with de novo myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who are red blood cell transfusion-dependent (TD) and receive supportive care is inferior to that of patients who do not require transfusions. Whether TD also affects outcome after allogeneic transplantation is unknown. Consequent...

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Medicine

Myelodysplastic syndromes

Transplantation

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