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Biochemical markers have been an integrative part of non-invasive diagnostic strategies in cardiology for nearly 50 years, experiencing a renascence by the recently acknowledged prognostic potential of cardiac troponins in acute coronary syndromes. ⋯ Biochemical cardiac markers are a useful tool in the diagnosis of both ischemic and non-ischemic myocardial injury. Among these, cardiac troponins seem to become the gold markers for the new millennium.
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[Place of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes].
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT: Myelodysplastic syndromes are hematopoietic stem cell disorders characterized by peripheral cytopenia, hypercellular bone marrow with dysplastic cell morphology and a tendency to evolve into acute myeloid leukemia. Supportive treatment with transfusions, antimicrobial agents, hematopoietic growth factors and conventional chemotherapy has only palliative character.