Letter to the EditorTreating myelodysplastic syndrome improves an accompanying autoimmune disease along with a reduction in regulatory T-cells
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The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
Acknowledgements
Supported partially by grants from the National Cancer Institute Grant CA16056 (OAU, JF, PKW, MW) and the Leonard S. LuVullo Endowment for Leukemia Research, Buffalo, NY (MW).
Contributions. OAU followed the case and reviewed the literature, JF assisted in the literature review, PKW oversaw the flow cytometry analysis, JA assisted in the autoimmune diagnosis of this patient and MW oversaw the conduct of the study, contributed to the care of the patient and to the manuscript preparation and all
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