title: [Myelodysplastic syndromes associated with acquired hemoglobin H disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report 7 cases of acquired hemoglobin H in myelodysplastic syndromes.
  Clinical materials of the 7 cases were retrospectively presented. Clinical features of the similar cases in literatures were reviewed. The criteria for diagnosis of this entity by Steensma and its pathogenesis were discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This entity is a new subtype of MDS with unique clinical features and pathogenesis, and might be a proper model in the study of MDS transformation.
authors: Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Tianjin 300020, China.
authors: Jun-yuan
authors: JY
authors: Qi
authors: Feng-kui
authors: FK
authors: Zhang
authors: Ze-ping
authors: ZP
authors: Zhou
authors: Yu-ping
authors: YP
authors: Zhao
authors: Ren-chi
authors: RC
authors: Yang
authors: Lin-sheng
authors: LS
authors: Qian
authors: Yi-zhou
authors: YZ
authors: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D017085:alpha-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications*