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Retrospective Diagnosis of Ataxia-Telangiectasia in an Adolescent Patient With a Remote History of T-Cell Leukemia.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jan 2021
Sze Sei-Gyung K, Lederman Howard M, Crawford Thomas O, Wangler Michael F, Lewis Andrea M, Kastan Michael B, Dibra Harpreet K, Taylor Alexander M R, Wechsler Daniel S
Abstract excerpt
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar degeneration that is typically diagnosed in early childhood. A-T is associated with a predisposition to malignancies, particularly lymphoid tumors in childhood and early adulthood. An adolescent girl with minimal neurologic symptoms was diagnosed with A-T 8 years after completing therapy for T-cell acute...
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