title: Transient aplastic anemia in Down's syndrome - a rare association.
abstract: The association of Down's syndrome with aplastic anemia is extremely rare with only six such cases reported in world literature. Herein, we report a child of Down's syndrome with pancytopenia and hypocellular marrow. There was associated hypothyroidism and the pancytopenia resolved with thyroxine treatment. The child made uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Pediatrics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak Haryana, India. geetagathwala09@gmail.com
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gathwala
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Jagjit Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Ojasvini
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Choudhry
mesh_terms: D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013974:Thyroxine