The Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Clinicomorphological features of myelodysplastic syndromes, Antonio Pagliuca and Ghulam J. Mufti; FAB and MIC classification of myelodysplastic syndromes - points of controversy, John M. Bennett; incidence and epidemiology of the myelodysplastic syndromes, R. A. Cartwright; pathogenesis and evolution of refractory anaemia, A. Jacobs and D. Bowen; the relationship between acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplasia, D. A. G. Galton and F. M. C. Brito-Babapulle; chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia, R. Zittoun; transformation of the myelodysplastic syndromes to acute leukaemia, Guido J. Tricot et al; immunological abnormalities in myelodysplastic syndromes, T. J. Hamblin; chromosomal abnormalities in primary myelodysplastic syndromes, S. Heim and F. Mitelman; chromosomal abnormalities in secondary acute myeloid leukaemia and the myelodysplastic syndromes, Roland Berger and Georges Flandrin; biological significance of chromosomal abnormalities in the myelodysplastic syndromes, Maya Thangavelu and Michelle M. Le Beau; the molecular biology of myelodysplastic syndromes (preleukaemia), D. Mark Layton; myelodysplastic syndrome - culture studies and their implications for therapy, Ronald L. Paquette and H. Phillip Koeffler; primary myelodysplastic syndrome - prognostic value of FAB classification, scoring systems, bone-marrow histology and karyotypic analysis. Ghulam J. Mufti; the role of colony-stimulating factors in the therapy of myelodysplastic syndromes, Stephen A. Cannastra and James D. Griffin.