Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

MDS

10

  Male/Female

5/5

 Age (years), median (range):

58 (28–78)

  WHO 2008

  RA

2

  RARS

1

  RCMD

4

  RAEB-1

3

  IPSS-R

  Low

5

  Intermediate

2

  High

1

  Not available

2

  Normal karyotype

10

  <5 %

7

  ≥5 and <10 %

3

AML

9

  Male/Female

4/5

 Age (years), median (range)

66 (44–90)

 BM blasts (%), median (range)

92 (31–98.5)

  Normal karyotype

2

  Deletion 5q

1

  Monosomy 7

1

  Complex karyotype

1

  No growth

4