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- Nine pediatric patients with aplastic or hypoplastic anemia were treated at the University of Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1987, consisting of eight males and one female, aged between 20 months and nearly 17 years.
- Hematomas and fever were the most frequently reported symptoms, with diagnosis occurring within a week after symptom onset.
- Among those treated with antithymocyte globulin (ATG-AM), five out of seven experienced improvements in blood counts, with a median response time of two months post-treatment.
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Nine pediatric patients with aplastic or hypoplastic anemia were seen at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology service of the University of Puerto Rico, from 1980 to first trimester of 1987. Included were eight males and one female ranging from twenty months to sixteen 8/12 years (mean 13 years). Hematomas and fever were the most common complaints. The interval since the first symptoms and the diagnosis varied from one day to one week. The peripheral cell count was abnormal in all patients; pancytopenia being the most common finding. Five of seven who received antithymocyte globulin (ATG-AM), showed improvement in their peripheral count. The median time interval from the end of ATG-AM and response was two months (range 2 weeks to 15 months).
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