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Transient abnormal myelopoiesis in neonates: GATA get the diagnosis.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Oct 2014
Bombery Melissa, Vergilio Jo-Anne
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Transient abnormal myelopoiesis occurs exclusively in patients with Down syndrome (constitutional trisomy 21), manifests in the neonatal period, and is characterized by circulating megakaryoblasts with varied degrees of multisystem organ involvement. In most cases, this process resolves spontaneously by 3 to 6 months of age, but for some, the disease can be fatal. Affected patients are particularly prone to...
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