Diphenylhydantoin-induced pure red cell aplasia.

نویسندگان

  • Usha Rusia
  • Purnima Malhotra
  • Panul Joshi
چکیده

Pure red cell aplasia is an uncommon complication of diphenylhydantoin therapy. It has not been reported in Indian literature. Awareness of the entity helps in establishing the cause of anaemia in these patients and alerts the physicians to the need of comprehensive haematological monitoring in these patients. A case of 58-year-old male who developed pure red cell aplasia following three months of diphenylhydantoin therapy is reported here.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Blood

دوره 65 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1985