An Unusual Cause of Anemia and Encephalopathy
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Although severe anemia can theoretically result in anemic hypoxia and can then lead to hypoxic encephalopathy, it is not a primary cause of encephalopathy. More frequently anemia can contribute with other multiple causes of encephalopathy such as infection, metabolic abnormalities, trauma, hepatic dysfunction, hypertension, toxins, etc. We present here an interesting case of recent onset anemia that was associated with an encephalopathy of unusual cause.
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