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Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Your bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones. It contains immature cells, called stem cells. The stem cells can develop into the red blood cells that carry oxygen through your body, the white blood cells that fight infections, and the platelets that help with blood clotting. If you have a myelodysplastic syndrome, the stem cells do not mature into healthy blood cells. Many of them die in the bone marrow. This means that you do not have enough healthy cells, which can lead to infection, anemia, or easy bleeding.

Myelodysplastic syndromes often do not cause early symptoms and are sometimes found during a routine blood test. If you have symptoms, they may include:

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  1. Myelodysplastic Syndromes (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... help with blood clotting. If you have a myelodysplastic syndrome, the stem cells do not mature into healthy ... can lead to infection, anemia, or easy bleeding. Myelodysplastic syndromes often do not cause early symptoms and are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/myelodysplasticsyndromes.html - Health Topics
  2. Myelodysplastic syndrome 
    Myelodysplastic syndrome is a group of disorders in which the blood cells produced in the bone marrow do ... cells that have matured may not function properly. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a form of cancer. In about ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007716.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. 5q minus syndrome 
    ... is a type of bone marrow disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). MDS comprises a group of conditions in ... their family. 5q- syndrome Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome Myelodysplastic syndrome associated with isolated del(5q) chromosome abnormality Myelodysplastic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/5q-minus-syndrome - Genetics
  4. Bone marrow aspiration 
    ... which not enough healthy blood cells are made ( myelodysplastic syndrome ; MDS)
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003658.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Lenalidomide 
    ... is used to treat a certain type of myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions in which the bone ... by mouth. When lenalidomide is used to treat myelodysplastic syndrome, it is usually taken with or without food ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a608001.html - Drugs and Supplements
  6. Romiplostim Injection 
    ... people who have low platelet levels caused by myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions in which the bone ... type of cancer that affects your blood cells, myelodysplastic syndrome (a condition in which the bone marrow produces ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a609008.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. Ivosidenib 
    ... is also used to treat certain types of myelodysplastic syndromes in adult patients that have not responded to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a618042.html - Drugs and Supplements
  8. Azacitidine Injection 
    Azacitidine is used to treat myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions in which the bone marrow produces blood cells that are misshapen and does not produce enough healthy ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a607068.html - Drugs and Supplements
  9. Decitabine Injection 
    Decitabine is used to treat myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions in which the bone marrow produces blood cells that are misshapen and does not produce enough healthy ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a608009.html - Drugs and Supplements
  10. Decitabine and Cedazuridine 
    ... cedazuridine is used to treat certain types of myelodysplastic syndrome (conditions in which the bone marrow produces blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a620050.html - Drugs and Supplements
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