• Aplastic anemia (AA) is a severe hematologic condition in which the body fails to make blood cells in sufficient numbers. Blood cells are produced in...
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    of anemia treated with drugs are iron-deficiency anemia, thalassemia, aplastic anemia, hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, and pernicious anemia, the...
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  • considered to be aplastic crisis. For the decrease in all cell lineages (pancytopenia), see aplastic anemia. The majority of cases of aplastic crisis are seen...
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  • Aplasia (redirect from Aplastic)
    largely absent. It is caused by a defect in a developmental process. Aplastic anemia is the failure of the body to produce blood cells. It may occur at...
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    characteristic of all anemias. Anemia of chronic disease, hereditary spherocytosis, acute blood loss, aplastic anemia (anemia resulting from an inability...
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    acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), MDS, and liver tumors. 90% develop aplastic anemia (the inability to produce blood cells) by age 40. About 60–75% have...
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    used to treat Graves' disease was implicated in the development of aplastic anemia—a condition where the bone marrow fails to produce new blood cells...
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    neutrophils is associated with deficiencies of vitamin B12 and folic acid, aplastic anemia, tumors, drugs, metabolic disease, nutritional deficiencies (including...
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    Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (category Acquired hemolytic anemia)
    ("primary PNH") or in the context of other bone marrow disorders such as aplastic anemia ("secondary PNH"). Only a minority of affected people have the telltale...
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    on human subjects. In 2007, the accumulation of reports associating aplastic anemia and blood dyscrasia with chloramphenicol eye drops led to the classification...
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  • David DeVita (1962 – May 27, 1980) was an American boy with severe aplastic anemia requiring him to live in a sterile hospital room for the last eight...
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    Sideroblastic anemia, or sideroachrestic anemia, is a form of anemia in which the bone marrow produces ringed sideroblasts rather than healthy red blood...
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  • decreased production of normal-sized red blood cells (e.g., anemia of chronic disease, aplastic anemia); an increased production of HbS as seen in sickle cell...
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    cells. Conditions where this is found include aplastic, posthemorrhagic, and hemolytic anemias and anemia of chronic disease. MCH (average amount of hemoglobin...
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  • distinguish another cause of pancytopenia, aplastic anemia, from myelophthisic anemia because in aplastic anemia the hematopoietic cells are damaged and...
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  • pathologies with a similar presentation must be excluded, such as aplastic anemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, myelodysplasia and leukemias...
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    treat thrombocytopenia (abnormally low platelet counts) and severe aplastic anemia. Eltrombopag is sold under the brand name Revolade outside the US and...
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  • is itself a cause of pancytopenia. Familial hemophagocytic syndrome Aplastic anemia Gaucher's disease Metastatic carcinoma of bone Multiple Myeloma Overwhelming...
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  • Marathon. Andrews is also a survivor of Aplastic Anemia and an advocate for research and support via the Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation. Andrews...
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    disease) in children. This infection is sometimes complicated by severe aplastic anemia caused by lysis of early erythroid precursors.[citation needed] The...
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    prophylaxis. Abnormalities in white blood cell formation, including aplastic anemia, are rare, yet are the cause of the majority of deaths attributable...
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  • hypoplastic anemia include Diamond–Blackfan anemia, Fanconi anemia, Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, Majeed syndrome, Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type III...
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  • Diamond–Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy. DBA causes low red blood cell counts (anemia), without substantially...
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    because of its adverse effects. These include hepatitis, urticaria, aplastic anemia, and a retinopathy characterized by yellow deposits and subsequent...
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  • invention reportedly took his life, as well: he eventually died of aplastic anemia. Henry Winstanley (1644–1703) designed and built the world's first...
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  • 1542/neo.9-11-e520. PMC 2867612. PMID 20463861. "Anemia of prematurity". Retrieved 2010-05-31. Aplastic anemia Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine at...
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    retinopathy and bone marrow failure. Other symptoms include severe aplastic anemia, intrauterine growth retardation, fine sparse hair, fine reticulate...
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  • 284 Aplastic anemia 284.0 Constitutional aplastic anemia 284.01 Constitutional red blood cell aplasia 284.09 Other constitutional aplastic anemia 284...
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    bone-marrow disorders such as acquired aplastic anemia following immunosuppressive treatment and Fanconi anemia can evolve into MDS. MDS is thought to...
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  • disease later in life. Acquired bone marrow failure may be due to aplastic anemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Inherited marrow failure syndromes include:...
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