Significance of anti-neutrophil antibody in chronic benign neutropenia in Chinese children
Sophie HY Lai,1* Queenie WS See1, Jaime S Rosa Duque, MD1,2 Daniel KL Cheuk1,3, Dr Jenny CY Ho4, Dr Stephen KF Cheung4, Mr Patrick Chu4, Pamela Lee1,2,3, Dr Janette SY Kwok4, Professor SY Ha1,2,3#
1Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong,
2Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
3Department of Paediatrics, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong
4Division of Transplantation and Immunogenetics, Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
#Correspondence to:
Prof Shau-Yin Ha, Consultant, Honorary Professor,Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong. Email: syha@hku.hk Tel: (852) 5741-3204 Fax: (852) 3512-7598 Address: Doctor’s Office, 9/F, Tower B, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, 1 Shing Cheong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Brief running title: Utility of anti-neutrophil antibody in neutropenia
Key words: immune cytopenia, autoimmune neutropenia, chronic benign, neutropenia, paediatric haematology/oncology, anti-neutrophil antibody
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