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Ghosal type hemato-diaphyseal dysplasia is a recently described clinical entity. The authors describe such a case with severe anemia requiring transfusions and with clinical and radiological evidence of diaphyseal dysplasia. Very few such cases are reported in world literature.
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Mondal, R.K., Karmakar, B., Chandra, P.K. et al. Ghosal type hemato-diaphyseal dysplasia: A rare variety of Engelmann’s disease. Indian J Pediatr 74, 291–293 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-007-0047-5
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