title: [Clinical course of refractory anemia. Study of a case series of 56 patients].
abstract: We analysed the course and clinical features of a series of refractory anaemias (RA, RAEB, RAEBt). We could not find evidence to support the hypothesis that these three MDS classes are inevitably subsequent events of a single disease. Therefore aggressive treatment of RA, aimed at avoiding its evolution to RAEB or RAEBt, does not seem justified.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Patologia Medica, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pioltelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baldicchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lanzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pogliani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corneo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000753:Anemia, Refractory / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Considerazioni sulla evoluzione clinica delle anemie refrattarie. Studio di una casistica di 56 pazienti.