Research Article
Clinicohematological Study of Thrombocytosis in Children
Table 2
Etiology of thrombocytosis.
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(I) Primary thrombocytosis () | (a) CML | 1 | 0.1% | (b) AML-M7 | 1 | 0.1% |
(II) Secondary (reactive) thrombocytosis () | (a) Infection and anemia | 483 | 48.3% | (b) Infection alone | 162 | 16.2% | (c) Iron deficiency alone | 172 | 17.2% | (d) Hematological causes | 35 | 3.5% | (e) Medications | 23 | 2.3% | (f) Rebound | 19 | 1.9% | (g) Kawasaki disease | 7 | 0.7% | (h) Idiopathic | 97 | 9.7% |
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