Several investigators have reported patients with acute pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) caused by anticonvulsants, antibiotics, or antithyroid agents. Allopurinol is known to be a causative agent of aplastic anemia, but there have been few reports of acute PRCA induced by allopurinol. We describe here
Hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure associated with pure red cell aplasia
β Scribed by Chen Li; Hui-Fen Wang
- Book ID
- 117987939
- Publisher
- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 420 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1499-3872
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