Article
Proximal radio-ulnar synostosis with bone marrow failure syndrome in an infant without a HOXA11 mutation.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Aug 2010
Castillo-Caro Paul, Dhanraj Santhosh, Haut Paul, Robertson Kent, Dror Yigal, Sharathkumar Anjali A
Abstract excerpt
SUMMARY: This report summarizes the clinical management of an infant with a proximal radio-ulnar synostosis and inherited bone marrow failure syndrome (PRUS/IBMFS). Molecular studies were negative for the characteristic HOXA11 mutation described earlier. He was successfully treated with a non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an human leukocyte antigen-identical sibling donor at the age...
Topics
- Anemia
- Bone Marrow Diseases
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Multicenter Studies as Topic
- Mutation
