Myelodysplastic syndrome: a review from University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur

• Main Authors: Ng, S.C., Kuperan, P., Bosco, J., Menaka, N.
• Format: Article
• Published: Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association 1990
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/1387/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2196685

Twenty patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) were diagnosed in University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur over a 5 year period. They were subclassified using the French American British (FAB) criteria. 90% of the patients were above 40 years old and the sex ratio was about equal. The predominant prese...