Pancytopenia following infection with human parvovirus B19 as a presenting feature of hereditary spherocytosis in two siblings

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-87

  Goss, G A ^a   Szer, J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBLING; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030889623     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00926.x     Document Type: Article

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