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Progress towards Mechanism-Based Treatment for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid hypoplastic anemia, characterized by macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia, and severely reduced numbers of erythroid precursors in the bone marrow.
Sara E. Sjögren, Johan Flygare
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Hematology Reports, 2017 In patients with sickle cell disease, hyperhemolysis is a rare but life-threatening complication of transfusion. In this case report, we describe a 61 year-old woman with hemoglobin sickle cell (SC) disease and history of alloimmunization who developed ...
Matthew S. Karafin +3 more
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Aplastic crisis caused by parvovirus B19 in an adult patient with sickle-cell disease
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2000 We describe a case of aplastic crisis caused by parvovirus B19 in an adult sickle-cell patient presenting with paleness, tiredness, fainting and dyspnea. The absence of reticulocytes lead to the diagnosis.
Sérgio Setúbal +3 more
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Pediatric Hematology Oncology JournalVitamin B12 is vital for physiological functions, and its deficiency is relatively frequent in individuals residing in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC).
Mohd Arif, Nazish Malik
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Successful Treatment of Imported Cerebral Malaria with Artesunate-Mefloquine Combination Therapy
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Treatment of cerebral malaria with intravenous quinine is frequently associated with life-threatening cardiotoxicity. We report a case of imported cerebral malaria successfully treated with artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy. The 27-year-old woman
Hsin-Yun Sun
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Parvovirus B19-induced aplastic crisis in a kidney transplant recipient
Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesIntroduction: Parvovirus B19 infection is a rare, but important cause of severe anemia in kidney transplant recipients. Case presentation: We present the case of a 32-year-old male with end-stage kidney disease undergoing living-donor kidney ...
Ariana Strakosha +5 more
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Refractory anemia in human immunodeficiency virus: Expect the unexpected
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016 Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is an uncommon hematological disorder affecting selectively the erythroid cell lines. PRCA is defined as anemia with normal leukocyte and platelet counts, a corrected reticulocyte count
Sumeet Prakash Mirgh +3 more
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Identification of a novel RPS26 nonsense mutation in a Chinese Diamond-Blackfan Anemia patient
BMC Medical Genetics, 2019 Background Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), a congenital pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), is characterized by normochromic macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia, and nearly absent erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow.
Xiaodong Shi +3 more
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A case of Hydrops fetalis due to Kell alloimmunization: A perinatal approach to a rare case
Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2012 Introduction: While the routine administration of Rhesus immunoglobulin has significantly reduced the incidence of this type of alloimmunization, maternal alloimmunization to other red cell antigens continues to contribute to perinatal morbidity and ...
Arzu Akdag +4 more
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F1000Research, 2018 Diamond–Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare congenital hypoplastic anemia characterized by a block in erythropoiesis at the progenitor stage, although the exact stage at which this occurs remains to be fully defined.
Lydie Da Costa +2 more
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