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Old Fri Mar 9, 2018, 01:19 PM
Leigh Clark Leigh Clark is offline
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As an update, more results show a “copy neutral loss of heterozygosity” of the 5q Gene. CN-LOH of the long arms of chromosome 5q is recurrent abnormality and in MDS it may be associated with adverse survival. What does this mean?
Hi - this is Leigh with the Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation. I reached out to one of our MDS experts for help in answering your question. In simple terms, this is equivalent to being diagnosed with 5q- MDS and does not mean adverse survival. If you would like to get a second opinion, I'd he happy to help with referring you to experts. You can email me at clark@aamds.org. I hope you have a nice weekend.
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