Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 577-586 , May 2008

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA in 104 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

  • Michael Wulfert

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Norbert Gattermann, M.D., Ph.D., Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Anna C. Küpper

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Christoph Tapprich

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Sylvia S. Bottomley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Okla., USA
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  • David Bowen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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  • Ulrich Germing

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Rainer Haas

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Norbert Gattermann

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

Received 20 August 2007 ,Revised 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2008.

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PII: S0301-472X(08)00020-9

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2008.01.004

Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 577-586 , May 2008

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