Abstract
Primary autoimmune neutropenia in children is a rather unknown but not an infrequent disease: it is probable that in his career a paediatric practitioner will deal at least with one patient and it is pretty sure that a hospital paediatrician will deal with more than one case. The disease induces anxiety in the family and in the child's paediatrician: more than 2/3 of the patients experience neutrophils <500/mm 3 and the anxiety is related to possible serious infections. Luckily, childhood autoimmune neutropenia is almost ever a mild disease that will recover in a short time.
Translated title of the contribution | Primary autoimmune neutropenia in children |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 102-106 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Medico e Bambino |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health