| Disease | Acute non lymphocytic leukaemia (ANLL), Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), Chronic myeloproliferative diseases (MPS) |
| Phenotype / cell stem origin | M1, M2, M4 ANLL, often with preceding MDS; MDS: often RARS; an early progenitor cell is involved. |
| Epidemiology | Rare finding; only found in female patients aged 47-86 yrs; as one normal X chromosome seems to be needed, it is not that surprising that male cases are not found |
| Clinics | no history of toxic exposure |
| Cytology | Bone marrow iron acumulation, ringed sideroblasts are often found |
| Prognosis | Variable |
| Twenty-six patients with hematologic disorders and X chromosome abnormalities. Frequent idic(X)(q13) chromosomes and Xq13 anomalies associated with pathologic ringed sideroblasts. |
| Dewald GW, Brecher M, Travis LB, Stupca PJ |
| Cancer genetics and cytogenetics. 1989 ; 42 (2) : 173-185. |
| PMID 2790752 |
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| Absence of the XIST gene from late-replicating isodicentric X chromosomes in leukaemia. |
| Rack KA, Chelly J, Gibbons RJ, Rider S, Benjamin D, Lafreniˆ©re RG, Oscier D, Hendriks RW, Craig IW, Willard HF |
| Human molecular genetics. 1994 ; 3 (7) : 1053-1059. |
| PMID 7981672 |
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| Isodicentric (X)(q13) in haematological malignancies: presentation of five new cases, application of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and review of the literature. |
| Dierlamm J, Michaux L, Criel A, Wlodarska I, Zeller W, Louwagie A, Michaux JL, Mecucci C, Van den Berghe H |
| British journal of haematology. 1995 ; 91 (4) : 885-891. |
| PMID 8547134 |
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