Hematologic Features and Clinical Course of an Infant with Pearson Syndrome Caused by a Novel Deletion of Mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 948-951

  Knerr, Ina ^a,d   Metzler, Markus ^a   Niemeyer, Charlotte Marie ^b   Holter, Wolfgang ^a   Gerecke, Anja ^b   Baumann, Irith ^a   Trollmann, Regina ^a   Repp, Reinald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial DNA mutation; Mitochondriopathy; Pancytopenia; Pearson syndrome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROBLAST; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MYELOBLAST; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PEARSON SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; BONE MARROW DISEASES; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0347383952     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200312000-00008     Document Type: Article

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