Marrow hypoplasia with splenomegaly in adolescence.
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Marrow hypoplasia with splenomegaly in adolescence.
Four adolescents presented with leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, and splenomegaly; three had associated congenital abnormalities and two had a cirrhosis. They provide further evidence of an association between hepatic disease and bone marrow dysfunction. It is considered that these patients suffer from a genetic or constitutional disorder which may result in a susceptibility of their bone marrow t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.33.8.730