B19 parvovirus infection causing aplastic crisis in 3 out of 5 family members with hereditary spherocytosis

Authors :: J. R. O’Donnell
Philip Murphy
Source :: Irish journal of medical science. 159(6)
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: B19 parvovirus infection is a principal cause of transient bone marrow suppression in patients with chronic haemolytic anaemias. Acute infection is described in a family of five individuals with hereditary spherocytosis; three of them developed marked hypoplastic anaemia.

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