PEDIATRICS Vol. 67 No. 6 June 1981, pp. 896-897
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Aplastic Anemia in Down's Syndrome

Mark E. Weinblatt MD1, Gussie Higgins MD1, and Jorge A. Ortega MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; and Division of Hematology-Oncology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles

A child with Down's syndrome was seen with pancytopenia and was found to have an aplastic bone marrow. None of the known contributing etiologies of aplastic anemia could be identified in this patient. This is the first reported case of the simultaneous appearance of these two disorders.

Submitted on August 29, 1980
Accepted on October 15, 1980




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