Dyskeratosis congenita: Unusual onset with isolated neutropenia at an early age

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-290

  Yel, Leman ^a   Tezcan, Ilhan ^a   Sanal, Özden ^a   Ersoy, Fügen ^a   Berkel, A Izzet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G CSF); Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 0029957898     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03490.x     Document Type: Article

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