a ntrast their activities, but fortunately I was also given ^ P|e opportunity to see some of the country and visit i'icai services in Which I have a special interest. ^Ur host during the visit was Professor Georgy ^ ?rev, the Chairman of the Soviet Red Cross, who ^ us, with a reception committee, on the plane when ^ arrived at Sheremetyevo Airport just outside ?_Sc0W. As we walked to the airpor...

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...

A case of pure red cell aplasia in a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipient on immunosuppressive therapy is reported here. The patient presented with anemia unresponsive to erythropoietin treatment. Bone marrow cytomorphology was highly suggestive of parvovirus pure red cell aplasia, which was confirmed with serology and polymerase chain reaction positive for parvovirus B19 DNA in pe...

Anaemia is a common problem in end stage kidney disease. Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is commonly used in management of such patients to maintain optimal hemoglobin levels and to minimise transfusion requirements. Acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare complication of erythropoietin therapy due to development of anti-erythropoietin antibodies (anti-EPOabs). We report a pat...

Patients undergoing antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C often develop anemia secondary to ribavirin and interferon. Recombinant erythropoietin has been used to improve anemia associated with antiviral therapy and to minimize dose reductions, which are associated with decreased rates of sustained virologic response. A rare potential side effect of recombinant erythropoietin is anti-erythro...

An 1 8-yr-old female with chronic active The patient’s plasma was cytotoxic for hepatitis developed a severe anemia due erythroblasts. Following splenectomy, a to a lack of red cell production. Her bane remission of the disease occurred. This marrow showed many large proerythrostudy indicates that in some cases the blasts but an almost complete lack of more anemia associated with abundant marro...

Long-term administration of azathioprine is widely used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation and in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Bone marrow toxicity is a well-known side-effect of azathioprine. Macrocytosis, with or without megaloblastic erythropoiesis in the bone marrow, and (mild) leukopenia are frequently seen [1-4]. Less common effects are anaemia, thrombocytopenia and pa...

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