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Anemia

One of the most common pediatric blood disorders, anemia has many potential causes.

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Aplastic Anemia

Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow produces too few cells.

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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare disorder that occurs when a person’s own red blood cells burst.

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Blood Transfusions

A blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or one of its components from one person to another.

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CASGEVY

CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) is a gene editing therapy for those 12 or up with sickle cell disease or beta thalassemia.

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Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited immune system disorder that occurs when a type of white blood cell does not work properly.

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Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia

Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by a severely low number of megakaryocytes.

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Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA) is a group of rare, inherited, conditions characterized by ineffective red blood cell production.

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Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia

Congenital sideroblastic anemia (CSA) is a group of rare inherited disorders that decrease the number of red blood cells.

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Cyclic Neutropenia

Cyclic neutropenia is a rare blood disorder that occurs when the body commonly has fewer white blood cells than normal.

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Diamond-Blackfan Anemia

Diamond Blackfan anemia is a rare genetic blood disorder that occurs when the bone marrow fails to make red blood cells.

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Dyskeratosis Congenita

Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare condition that can often cause bone marrow failure.

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Evans Syndrome

Evans Syndrome is a common blood disorder that occurs when the body has fewer red blood cells than normal.

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Fanconi Anemia

Fanconi anemia is a severe lifelong condition that requires ongoing medical treatment. Boston Children's Hospital can help.

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Fetal Anemia

Fetal anemia is when a fetus doesn’t have enough red blood cells or hemoglobin.

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Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly

Generalized lymphatic anomaly, or lymphangiomatosis, is a rare condition involving the abnormal overgrowth of lymphatic vessels in the lungs, pleura, bones, and soft tissue.

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Gorham-Stout Disease

Children with Gorham-Stout disease experience gradual bone loss (osteolysis) caused by an abnormal overgrowth of lymphatic vessels.

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Hemolytic Anemia

Hemolytic anemia is a sub-type of anemia, a common blood disorder that occurs when the body has fewer red blood cells than normal.

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Hemolytic Disease

Hemolytic disease of the newborn occurs when the blood types of a mother and baby are incompatible.

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Hemophilia

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows the body’s ability for form blood clots.

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Hydrops Fetalis

Hydrops fetalis — or hydrops — is when large amounts of fluid build up in a baby’s tissues and organs, causing extensive swelling.

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Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder where your child's body attacks its own platelets and destroys them too quickly.

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IRIDA

Iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA) is a rare, inherited form of iron deficiency anemia.

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Iron Chelation Therapy

Iron chelation drugs are used to treat an excess of iron in the body.

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Iron Deficiency Anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is a common blood disorder that occurs when red blood cell counts are low due to a lack of iron.

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Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a benign vascular tumor that appears in the nasal cavity.

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Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a benign tumor of a child's blood vessels.

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Kasabach Merritt

Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon (KMP) is a complication in which certain vascular tumors trap and destroy platelets.

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LYFGENIA

LYFGENIA is a gene therapy treatment for people 12 or older with sickle cell disease and a history of pain crises.

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Lymphatic Malformation

A lymphatic malformation is a sponge-like collection of abnormal growths that contain clear fluid.

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Megaloblastic Anemia

Megaloblastic anemia is a form of anemia characterized by very large red blood cells and a decrease in the number of those cells.

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MPN

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a rare, closely related group of blood disorders in which the bone marrow overproduces red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets.

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Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a rare disease of the blood, only occurring in four out of every 1 million children.

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Pearson Syndrome

Pearson syndrome is a very rare condition that affects various parts of the body, and it is caused by a mutation — or changing of structure — in the mitochondrial...

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PK Deficiency

Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a rare, genetic, lifelong condition that affects red blood cells.

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Platelet Function Disorders

A platelet function disorder is when blood may not be able to clot normally, which results in an increased risk of bleeding.

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Polycythemia

Polycythemia is a blood disorder occurring when there are too many red blood cells in the body.

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Red Blood Cell Disorders

Red blood cell (RBC) disorders are conditions that affect red blood cells, the cells of blood that carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body.

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Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare, inherited bone marrow failure, characterized by a low number of white blood cells, poor growth due to difficulty absorbing food, and, in some cases...

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Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder where cells cluster together, making it difficult for them to move through small blood vessels, thus denying oxygen to the blood.

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Treatment

Stem Cell Transplant

A stem cell transplant (also called bone marrow transplant) is the infusion of healthy stem cells into the body to stimulate new bone marrow growth.

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Thalassemia

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to produce less hemoglobin than normal.

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Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which there are too few platelets, the blood cells that prevent bleeding.

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Thrombosis

Thrombosis is a blood clot that develops within veins or arteries in the body.

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Tufted Angioma

Tufted angioma is a benign (non-cancerous) vascular tumor and mild variant of Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE).

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Von Willebrand Disease

Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by an abnormal blood-clotting protein.

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White Blood Cell Disorders

White blood cell disorders can cause bone marrow to produce too many or too few white blood cells, or to produce white blood cells that do not function as they...

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Treatment

ZYNTEGLO

ZYNTEGLO™, also called beti-cel (betibeglogene autotemcel), is a gene therapy for children and adults with beta-thalassemia who require regular transfusions of red blood cells.

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