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. 2016 Mar 11;6(3):e405.
doi: 10.1038/bcj.2016.13.

Imetelstat therapy in refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts with or without thrombocytosis

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Imetelstat therapy in refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts with or without thrombocytosis

A Tefferi et al. Blood Cancer J. .
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AR and YW are employees of and hold stock in Janssen. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Effect of imetelstat on hemoglobin (Hgb), platelet and leukocyte counts in three patients with refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts with (ex178520) or without (ex176837 and ex178418) thrombocytosis. ex176837: T1 duration=28 weeks and treatment ongoing; ex178418: T1 duration=37 weeks and treatment ongoing; ex178520: T1 duration=9 weeks and off-study July 2014. ANC, absolute neutrophil; WBC, white blood cell.

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