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Childhood-onset autoimmune cytopenia as the presenting feature of biallelic ACP5 mutations.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Feb 2017
Sacri Anne-Sylvia, Bruwier Annelyse, Baujat Geneviève, Breton Sylvain, Blanche Stéphane, Briggs Tracy A, Bader-Meunier Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Childhood-onset chronic and refractory cytopenias are rare and may be genetic in etiology. We report three pediatric cases of severe autoimmune thrombocytopenia or anemia associated with growth retardation and spastic diplegia with intracranial calcification. The identification of platyspondyly and metaphyseal lesions suggested a potential diagnosis of spondyloenchondrodysplasia (SPENCD), which was confirmed with...
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