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Insights into the manifestations, outcomes, and mechanisms of leukemogenesis in Down syndrome.
Blood - 19 Mar 2009
Malinge Sébastien, Izraeli Shai, Crispino John D
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Children with Down syndrome (DS) show a spectrum of clinical anomalies, including cognitive impairment, cardiac malformations, and craniofacial dysmorphy. Moreover, hematologists have also noted that these children commonly show macrocytosis, abnormal platelet counts, and an increased incidence of transient myeloproliferative disease (TMD), acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL), and acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL)....
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