Myelodysplastic syndrome developed in a 2-year-old child with the karyotype
revealing the presence of pentasomy 8. The significance of the coexistence
of pentasomy 8, tetrasomy 8, and trisomy 8 detected by fluorescence in sit
u hybridization in his marrow is discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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