title: Trisomy 13 in a case of myelodysplastic syndrome.
abstract: The clinical and cytogenetic findings of a patient with refractory anemia with excess of blasts are presented. Trisomy 13 was present as the sole numerical aberration in all analyzed bone marrow metaphases; this finding has not been reported previously in myelodysblastic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical Academy, Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babińska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hellmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000235:genetics*; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014314:Trisomy