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Myelodysplastic syndromes: predisposing factors and epidemiologic associations

Myelodysplastic syndromes: predisposing factors and epidemiologic associations
Heritable predisposition
Constitutional genetic disorders
Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
Trisomy 8 mosaicism
Familial monosomy 7
Neurofibromatosis 1
Germ cell tumors (embryonal dysgenesis)
Congenital neutropenia (Kostmann's or Shwachman-Diamond syndrome)
DNA repair deficiencies
Fanconi's anemia
Ataxia telangiectasia
Bloom's syndrome
Xeroderma pigmentosum
Mutagen-detoxification (GSTq1-null)
Acquired
Senescence
Mutagen exposure
Genotoxic therapy
Alkylators
Topoisomerase II interactive agents
Gamma radiation  
Beta-emitters (eg, radioactive P-32)
Hematopoietic cell transplantation
Environmental/occupational (eg, benzene)
Tobacco use
Aplastic anemia
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Polycythemia vera

Obesity

Reproduced with permission from: List AF, Sandberg AA, Doll DC. Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 12th edition, Greer JP (Ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 2008. Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. www.lww.com.
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