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The Monocytopenia of Aplastic Anemia [PDF]
Abstract Eight out of 22 patients with aplastic anemia died from infections. All five patients with fewer than 100 granulocytes and 20 monocytes per cu mm of blood succumbed to overwhelming sepsis. The relationship that existed between absolute granulocyte and monocyte counts made it impossible to determine whether neutropenia or ...
O. Sharkey+2 more
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A plasma microRNA signature as a biomarker for acquired aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia is an acquired bone marrow failure characterized by marrow hypoplasia, a paucity of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, and pancytopenia of the peripheral blood, due to immune attack on the bone marrow.
Kohei Hosokawa+9 more
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Background Aplastic anemia is an intractable disease characterized by pancytopenia, susceptibility to infection, and difficulty in achieving hemostasis.
Satoru Morikawa+4 more
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Management of Aplastic Anemia in Pregnancy: A Case Report
Aplastic anemia was first recognized by Ehrlich in 1888, although the pathogenesis of aplastic anemia has remained elusive. Aplastic anemia is a subtype of anemia characterized by pancytopenia and a hypocellular bone marrow which are the risk factor can ...
Suskhan Djusad, Yoarva Malano
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Aplastic anemia associated to systemic lupus erythematosus in an AIDS patient: a case report
Aplastic anemia is a bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by peripheral cytopenias and hypocellular bone marrow. Although aplastic anemia is idiopathic in most cases, rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus are recognized as causes ...
Leonardo Rodrigues de Oliveira+3 more
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Therapy for Aplastic Anemia [PDF]
Abstract A 24-year-old man from Ecuador presents to your clinic with dyspnea on exertion, bruising, and petechiae. He is noted to be pancytopenic with ANC 430, hemoglobin 7.4 g/dL (reticulocyte count 0.9%), and platelets 18 000. His BM biopsy is hypocellular for age. Ultimately, he is diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia. He is the only
Eva C. Guinan, Amy E. DeZern
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A proportion of patients with aplastic anemia who are treated with immunosuppressive therapy develop clonal hematologic disorders, including post-aplastic anemia myelodysplastic syndrome.
Sung-Yong Kim+10 more
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BackgroundAplastic anemia can cause ophthalmic abnormalities in patients. Vision loss in a child with aplastic anemia due to massive retinal hemorrhages at various levels is rare.Case presentationA pediatric patient with aplastic anemia presented with ...
Xiaoshuang Jiang+4 more
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Background Very severe aplastic anemia is characterized by a hypoplastic bone marrow due to destruction of CD34+ stem cells by autoreactive T cells. Investigation of the pathomechanism by patient-specific gene expression analysis of the attacked stem ...
Ute Fischer+11 more
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Thymoma followed by aplastic anemia: two different responses to immunosuppressive therapy
Aplastic anemia is an uncommon complication of thymoma and is extremely infrequent after the surgical removal of a thymic tumor. Aplastic anemia is a result of marrow failure and is characterized by peripheral pancytopenia and severely depressed marrow ...
Murilo Antunes de Castro+3 more
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