Disease or Syndrome
refractory anemia
re·frac·to·ry a·ne·mi·a
Subclass of:
Myelodysplastic Syndrome; Anemia
Definitions related to refractory anemias:
  • A myelodysplastic syndrome characterized mainly by dysplasia of the erythroid series. Refractory anemia is uncommon. It is primarily a disease of older adults. The median survival exceeds 5 years. (WHO, 2001)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Refractory cytopenias with unilineage dysplasia (RCUD) is a frequent low-risk subtype of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS; see this term) characterized by refractory cytopenias associated with dysplasia limited to one cell lineage.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
  • (anemia, refractory) A severe sometimes chronic anemia, usually macrocytic in type, that does not respond to ordinary antianemic therapy.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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