title: Does a diagnosis of myelogenous leukemia require 20% marrow myeloblasts, and does <5% marrow myeloblasts represent a remission? The history and ambiguity of arbitrary diagnostic boundaries in the understanding of myelodysplasia.
authors: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
authors: Marshall A
authors: MA
authors: Lichtman
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D042381:Granulocyte Precursor Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012074:Remission Induction
keywords: Classification; Clonal evolution; Leukemic myeloblasts; Myelodysplasia; Myelogenous leukemia; Neoplasia; Refractory anemia
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