Introduction Patients are increasingly involved in the decision-making process for health technology assessment (HTA), but question of at what stage they can be is still controversial. In Kazakhstan, HTA began 2010. Over past 2 years, implementation a project to develop priority-setting tool based on evidence-informed deliberative processes has made it possible discuss participation patients HT...

myelodysplastic syndromes (mds) are a group of hematological disorders ranging from chronic refractory anemia to leukemia. there are some reports about association of mds with autoimmune disorders and vasculitis. in this study we describe a patient with mds and vasculitis presenting with central nervous system (cns) involvement. a clinical response to immunosuppressive therapy was also observed...