As Allan says, we usually see it associated with some acute illness. But
then, we don't usually take blood off infants unless they're ill, so is it
just a transient phenomenon that occurs in all children which we've noted
because a blood's been taken, or is it something "special"?
Who's going to apply to the ethical committee for a prospective study of all
newborn infants in their hospital, going on for ?5-10 years at ?weekly
intervals. We might pick up some good data that way!
Michael
The following link provides criteria for definition of this condition
www.sma.org/smj2000/decsmj00/tolaymat.pdf
Like other replies to the mailbase we have also seen this condition on a
number of occasions and usually associated with some sort of infection -
usually D&Vs.
Allan Rose
Gloucester
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