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A Rare Case of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia with Hemophilia A

Overview
Journal Ital J Pediatr
Publisher Biomed Central
Specialty Pediatrics
Date 2009 Dec 17
PMID 20003334
Citations 1
Authors
Rahul Sinha
Kirandeep Sodhi
Biju John
Daljit Singh
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Abstract

A rare case of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with hemophillia in a 12 year old boy is presented in the article. Patient was known case of hemophillia (factor VIII deficiency). He was diagnosed as a case of ALL based on bone marrow examination and immunophenotypic study. Patient was treated as per Children Cancer group guidelines. The main aim of reporting this rare association lies in developing treatment strategies in preventing life threatening bleeding due to this rare association which though may be accidental but need further research.

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