Hematological abnormalities during the first week of life among neonates with Down syndrome: Data from a multihospital healthcare system

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-50

  Henry, E ^a   Walker, D ^a   Wiedmeier, S E ^a   Christensen, R D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b McKay Dee Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; Down syndrome; Neutrophilia; Polycythemia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLAST CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE SURGERY; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LEUKEMIA; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRANSIENT MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; DOWN SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUTROPHILS; POLYCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33845990286     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31442     Document Type: Article

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