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Differentiating juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia from infectious disease - Response

Publikace na 2. lékařská fakulta |
1998

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We agree with Dr Pinkel that a careful investigation for an infectious cause is mandatory in all children suspected as suffering from JMML. Until the chromosomal and molecular abnormalities of the majority of JMML patients with so-called "normal karyotype" have been unraveled, the diagnosis of JMML will have to be based on a number of clinical and laboratory features (Table 1).

The suggestive clinical features, the minimal laboratory criteria, and the criteria requested for definite diagnosis may prove to be a guideline in establishing the diagnosis of JMML