TY  - JOUR
T1  - COngenital leukemia
AU  - KELSEY WM, JR., ANDERSEN DH
Y1  - 1939/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990110132012
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 1268
EP  - 1277
VL  - 58
IS  - 6
N2  - In 1922 Koch1 described leukemia in a stillborn premature infant. Since that time there have appeared sporadic case reports of congenital leukemia. Büngeler2 pointed out some of the difficulties of diagnosing leukemia in the newborn; he emphasized the failure of earlier writers to differentiate between erythroblastosis foetalis and leukemia and stated that certain cases of von Jaksch anemia may also have been a source of confusion. Kornmann3 collected 5 cases previously described and added a sixth. The present report summarizes the literature and presents an additional case of congenital leukemia.REPORT OF A CASE 
    R. B. A., a boy, was admitted to the Babies Hospital when 30 days old with a history of purpura and fever of seven days' duration. The parents were well. There was no family history of a tendency to bleed. The patient was the result of the first pregnancy. Birth was effected with
SN  - 0096-8994
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990110132012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990110132012
ER  -