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J Pediatr
; 131(1 Pt 1): 95-7, 1997 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9255198
RESUMO
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I is a rare inherited bone marrow disorder characterised by macrocytic anemia with pathognomonic morphological ultrastructural features in erythroid precursors. The disease is usually not diagnosed in the neonatal period. In a retrospective study of 31 patients we found that 17 were first seen in the neonatal age with significant anemia (birth hematocrit 0.34 +/- 0.07); 14 of the 17 infants also had early jaundice. Six infants were small for gestational age and two had syndactyly. Although rare, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neonatal anemia.