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GATA1 mutations in a cohort of Malaysian children with Down syndrome-associated myeloid disorder.
Singapore medical journal - 1 Jun 2016
Lum Su Han, Choong Soo Sin, Krishnan Shekhar, Mohamed Zulqarnain, Ariffin Hany
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INTRODUCTION: Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at increased risk of developing distinctive clonal myeloid disorders, including transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) and myeloid leukaemia of DS (ML-DS). TAM connotes a spontaneously resolving congenital myeloproliferative state observed in 10%-20% of DS newborns. Following varying intervals of apparent remission, a proportion of children with TAM progress to...
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