Problemi speciali
La neutropenia autoimmune primitiva del bambino
Primary autoimmune neutropenia in children
Piero Farruggia1, Fabio Tucci2, Michaela Calvillo3, Francesca Fioredda3, Carlo Dufour3
1Ospedale dei Bambini “G. Di Cristina”, Palermo
2Ospedale “Meyer”, Firenze
3Istituto “G. Gaslini”, Genova
Febbraio 2012 - pagg. 102 -106
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/mm3 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.
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