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Differentiating Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia From Infectious Disease
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Two recent articles in BLOOD 1,2 review the findings and outcome of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Both omit an important aspect of JMLL: its differentiation from infectious disease. Several disseminated microbial infections of infancy can result in persistent fever, failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, skin lesions, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and myelomonocytosis, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),...
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