Smoking and MDS
From time to time there are comments or queries about the impact of smoking on MDS and its prognosis. Here is an article from the September Medifocus Digest: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract
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Dx MDS RAEB 10% blasts + hypogammaglobulinemia, Sep 2011. Jan 2012 BMB - blasts down to 2% w/out treatment so BMT cancelled. Re-diagnosis RCMD. Watch and wait from Feb 2012. IVIg 5-weekly. New diagnosis Oct 2019 AML 23% blasts in marrow, 10% blasts in peripheral blood.
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