Soon-Ki Kim, Hyo-Seop Ahn, Hee-Jo Back, Bin Cho, Eun-Jin Choi, Nak-Gyun Chung, Pyoung-Han Hwang, Dae-Chul Jeoung, Hyung-Jin Kang, Hyery Kim, Kyung-Nam Ko, Hong-Hoe Koo, Hoon Kook, Kwang-Chul Lee, Ho-Joon Lim, Young-Tak Lim, Chuhl-Joo Lyu, Jun-Eun Park, Kyung-Duk Park, Sang-Kyu Park, Kyung-Ha Ryu, Jong-Jin Seo, Hee-Young Shin, Ki-Woong Sung, Eun Sun Yoo
BACKGROUND: Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA), characterized by impaired red cell production, is a rare condition that is usually symptomatic in early infancy. The purpose of this study was to assess nationwide experiences of DBA encountered over a period of 20 years. METHODS: The medical records of 56 patients diagnosed with DBA were retrospectively reviewed from November 1984 to July 2010. Fifteen institutions, including 13 university hospitals, participated in this study...
June 2012: Korean Journal of Hematology