WHO subvariants of indolent mastocytosis: clinical details and prognostic evaluation in 159 consecutive adults

Animesh Pardanani, Ken‐Hong Lim, Terra L. Lasho, Christy M. Finke, Rebecca F. McClure, Chin‐Yang Li, Ayalew Tefferi

Blood · 2010 · 84 citations · 2 references

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To the editor: The 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) proposal recognizes 2 provisional indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) subvariants: smoldering systemic mastocytosis (SSM) and isolated bone marrow (BM) mastocytosis (BMM).[1][1] SSM is characterized by a high burden of mast cells (MCs; [Table

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