Table 1.

Character of MDS patients

Case	Sex	Age	HB(g/l)	WB(*109/l)	PLT(*109/l)	Cytogenetic	BLASTa	IPSS
1b	M	60	74	3.6	15	Complex	3%	1.5
2b	M	52	87	3.4	14	-7	2.5%	1
3	M	63	83	3.1	42	Normal	1%	0.5
4b	M	70	42	2.1	43	Normal	0.5%	0.5
5	F	69	70	3.8	26	Normal	1%	0.5
6	M	64	76	1.6	79	t(4,21)	0	1
7b	M	33	53	3.9	18	Normal	3.5%	0.5
8	F	84	57	4.6	90	Normal	4.5%	0.5
9	M	52	52	1.9	62	Normal	3%	0.5
10	M	65	94	11	77	Complex	3%	1.5
11b	M	77	111	8.7	15	Normal	2%	0
12	F	71	57	2.2	45	Normal	1%	0.5
13	F	52	50	1.5	19	Normal	0.5%	0.5
14	M	72	83	3.7	122	Normal	0%	0
15	F	60	78	2.7	78	Normal	0.5%	0.5
16b	M	69	58	5.4	458	5q-,20q-	0%	0
17	M	56	63	2.4	56	Normal	0.5%	0.5
18	M	47	71	3.1	68	20q-,+8	0.5%	1
19	M	76	68	2.4	209	Normal	1%	0
20	F	58	54	2.2	74	5q-	1%	0.5
21	M	50	86	2.8	26	Normal	3%	0.5
22	M	52	54	1.6	78	Complex	1%	1.5
23	M	62	75	5.2	18	Normal	0.5%	0.5
24b	M	53	78	2.9	116	Normal	0.5%	0
25	M	60	49	11	31	Normal	0.5%	0.5
26	M	17	77	4.7	10	Normal	0	0.5
27	M	66	43	4.4	24	20q-	2%	0.5
28	M	43	121	5.9	72	Normal	0	0
29b	M	29	64	6.4	36	Complex	1.5%	1.5
30	M	39	95	2.6	54	Complex	1.5%	1.5
31b	M	52	89	21	67	Normal	8.5%	1
32	F	37	58	3.2	44	Normal	6.5%	1
33b	F	54	50	2.4	4	Normal	10%	2
34b	F	46	78	5.7	810	Normal	8.5%	0.5
35b	F	74	62	2	119	Normal	10%	1.5
36b	M	39	93	2.8	31	Normal	10%	2
37	M	41	111	3.6	16	Normal	11.5%	1.5
38b	M	67	139	3.4	32	Normal	11%	1.5
39b	M	64	67	4.7	348	Normal	15.5%	1.5
40	M	51	64	1.4	20	Normal	20%	2.5
41	M	44	40	1.7	24	Complex	9.5%	2
42	M	53	56	1.6	44	Complex	10.5%	3
43	F	64	64	2	88	5q-	16.5%	2
44	M	37	66	6	10	Normal	10%	2
45	F	21	48	4	27	Normal	6.5%	1
46	M	50	56	2.2	19	20q-	7%	1
47	F	77	91	7.2	117	Complex	10%	2.5
48b	M	70	104	2.6	18	t(1,1),20q-	20%	2.5
49b	F	55	59	1.7	33	+11	7%	1

MDS: myelodysplastic syndromes

HB: haemoglobin

WB: white blood cells

PLT: platelets

M means male

F means female

IPSS: international prognostic scoring system score

“a” blast was calculated in 200 bone marrow karyocytes

“b” CD34+ cells of bone marrow were collected (data in Fig.1C)

“Complex” means more than two abnormities.