Clinical haematology · UKMLA & AKT
Myelodysplastic syndromes
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise myelodysplastic syndromes — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
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- MDS - clonal haematopoietic stem cell disorder causing dysplastic, dysfunctional precursors, ineffective haematopoiesis, and peripheral cytopenias despite a normo- or hypercellular marrow. Sits on a spectrum between bone marrow failure and AML.
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