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Down Syndrome (DS) children have a 10- to 20-fold increase in both acute lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.1, 2 Prior studies with conventional dose regimens have shown that the outcome for DS children with AML is same as those without DS.3
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Ravindranath, Y., Taub, J.W. (1999). Down Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. In: Kaspers, G.J.L., Pieters, R., Veerman, A.J.P. (eds) Drug Resistance in Leukemia and Lymphoma III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 457. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4811-9_43
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