Blood cytology in children with down syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Down syndrome is associated with various congenital anomalies and metabolic alterations such as hematological alterations. Values for the major hematological indicators vary with age and sex, but these values have not been described for Mexican children with Down syndrome.

Objective

To describe the complete blood count (CBC) values of pediatric patients with Down syndrome in México and report the most common non-malignant hematological alterations.

Materials and methods

The analysis includes data from 450 patients with Down syndrome, 55.5% ware males, aged 0-18 years who were patients at the Mexican National Institute of Pediatrics and whose clinical charts included CBC panel results for the period January 2008 through March 2018.

Results

A total o

SUBMITTER: Garcia de la Puente S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature