Hereditary spherocytosis in sisters unmasked by parvovirus infection.
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Hereditary spherocytosis in sisters unmasked by parvovirus infection.
Teenage sisters were found to have hereditary spherocytosis when they presented in aplastic crisis associated with otherwise asymptomatic parvovirus infection. Such patients may present a source of cross-infection to others at risk.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.63.735.49