Peripheral blood cell counts in infants with Down's syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Kivivuori, S M ^a   Rajantie, J ^a   Siimes, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood cell count; Down's syndrome; Erythropoietin; Infant

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0029987146     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb04318.x     Document Type: Article

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