Aplastic Anemia after Non-a, Non-b, Non-c Hepatitis
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چکیده
O ver the past five years second generation assays for hepatitis C virus (HCV) have led to an improvement in its detection. Accordingly, descriptions of hepatitis C-associated aplastic anemia have been reported. However, cases of non-A, non-B, non-C hepatitis associated aplasia have been described recently. Such a fact suggests that a non-A, non-B, non-C agent might be implicated in many cases of hepatitis-associated aplasia (H-AA). Herein we report a well-documented case of H-AA in which no known hepatitis virus could be proven either by serological methods or by genomic procedures.
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