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My husbands mother wad diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome in her mid 50's , passed away she was deficient of chromosome 8. is this hereditary?

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Dr. Pedro Hernandez answered

Specializes in Geriatrics

Chromosome 8: This is a list of diseases associated to chromosome 8 http://ghr.Nlm.Nih.Gov/chromosome/8/show/conditions. I do not see myelodysplastic syndrome.

Answered 7/5/2012

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Dr. Agos Luca answered

Probably not: Even though a history of mds in first degree relatives may slightly increase the overall risk to develop mds, the risk is still minimal and these diseases are usually not hereditary.

Answered 4/23/2014

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