Ticlopidine and severe aplastic anemia
β Scribed by J. N. Rodriguez; A. Fernandez-Jurado; J. C. Dieguez; A. Amian; D. Prados
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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Severe aplastic anemia is a well-recognized complication of ticlopidine therapy that carries a high mortality. Therapy with colony-stimulating factors or corticosteroids has been largely ineffective in this disorder. We report a case of ticlopidine-induced aplastic anemia that was successfully treat
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We report here a case of ticlopidine-induced aplastic anemia that responded to G-CSF and review the literature. An 83-year-old woman was started on ticlopidine for coronary artery disease after an episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to aspirin. She developed aplastic anemia seven we