Acute pure red cell aplasia associated with allopurinol therapy

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-211

  Lin, Ying Wei ^a   Okazaki, Shin ^a   Hamahata, Keigo ^a   Watanabe, Ken Ichiro ^a   Usami, Ikuya ^a   Yoshibayashi, Muneo ^a   Akiyama, Yuichi ^a   Kubota, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Pure red cell aplasia; William's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIMETABOLITES; BONE MARROW CELLS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; PLATELET COUNT; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032993648     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199907)61:3<209::AID-AJH9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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