We have generated a large, unique database that includes morphologic, clinical, cytogenetic, and follow-up data from 2124 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) at 4 institutions in Austria… (More)
BACKGROUND
Early recognition of disease progression in low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is an important decision point concerning intensive therapies. In a screen program searching for… (More)
BACKGROUND
Patients with mastocytosis may suffer from severe hypotension after wasp or bee stings. In these patients, no specific IgE is detectable, but they usually have skin lesions and an elevated… (More)
Transfusion-related morbidity is an emerging challenge in chronically transfused patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In these patients, transfusion-induced iron overload may… (More)
It may sometimes be difficult to diagnose low risk MDS in patients with mild cytopenia. We report on 10 patients with mild to marked, unexplained cytopenia without definitive signs of a myeloid… (More)
Recent data suggest that angiogenesis in the bone marrow (BM) is augmented and associated with growth of neoplastic cells in various hematological malignancies. Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a… (More)
Several prognostic factors for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have been defined in the past. One of these factors appears to be the serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. However,… (More)
KIT D816V is present in a majority of patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM). We determined the KIT D816V allele burden by quantitative real-time PCR in bone marrow and peripheral blood of 105… (More)
Abnormal differentiation and maturation of hemopoietic cells are characteristic features of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Tryptases (alpha- and beta-type) are lineage-restricted serine proteases… (More)
BACKGROUND
In a group of patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM), marked and sustained eosinophilia is detectable (SM-eo).
OBJECTIVE
Although the molecular defect has been defined in some cases,… (More)