introduction: aml is the second most common leukemia in children after all. the rate of aml in 14-year-old children is reported to be 6.6 cases per million. this study reviews 40 children with aml within 5 years. these patients have been evaluated for clinical findings and overall survival. materials & methods: all patients with aml have been evaluated from 1996 to 2000 for clinical findings, a...

Two patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia who developed an erythroblastic rather than a myeloblastic phase were studied with respect to whether or not the megaloblastic erythropoiesis was subject to normal control mechanisms. After transfusion, no significant reduction was observed in the percentage of nucleated erythroid precursors or of proerythroblasts in marrow or in blood reticulocytes...