Malignant infantile osteopetrosis intially presenting with neonatal hypocalcemia: Case report

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Chen, C J ^a   Lee, M Y ^a   Hsu, M L ^a   Lien, S H ^a   Cheng, S N ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Malignant infantile osteopetrosis; Neonatal hypocalcemia; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; BONE TUMOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; NEWBORN; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; OSTEOPETROSIS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037675072     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0578-9     Document Type: Article

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