Abstract
Recent research has shown that the human parvovirus is a causative agent of aplastic crisis in hereditary haemolytic anaemias. We report six cases--four children and two adults--of hereditary spherocytosis revealed by aplastic crisis due to human parvovirus infection.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Adult
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Anemia, Aplastic / etiology*
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Anemia, Aplastic / immunology
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Antibodies, Viral / analysis
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Blood Cell Count
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Parvoviridae / immunology
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Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
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Spherocytosis, Hereditary / complications*