Identifying Children With Leukemia Predisposition Syndromes

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This video reviews classic syndromes associated with increased leukemia susceptibility and highlights pediatric patients who may be at increased risk for an inherited leukemia predisposition and should receive additional work-up.

In this video, Sharon A. Savage, MD, of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, reviews classic syndromes associated with increased leukemia susceptibility and highlights pediatric patients who may be at increased risk for an inherited leukemia predisposition and should receive additional work-up.

Savage gave a presentation on this topic during an education session at the 2017 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 9–12 in Atlanta.

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