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• International scoring system for evaluating prognosis in myelodysplastic syndromes.

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• Stimulation of hematopoiesis by amifostine in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

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• Treatment of anemia in myelodysplastic syndromes with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor plus erythropoietin: results from a randomized phase II study and long-term follow-up of 71 patients.

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• Report of an international working group to standardize response criteria for myelodysplastic syndromes.

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• Improve or abandon the standardized response criteria for myelodysplastic syndromes recommended by the International Working Group.

  Raza A. Raza A. Blood. 2001 Jul 1;98(1):251-2. doi: 10.1182/blood.v98.1.251. Blood. 2001. PMID: 11439977 No abstract available.