Aplastic Anemia

Hepatitis-Linked Aplastic Anemia Distinct Disease

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 5th, 1997

Hepatitis accompanying aplastic anemia does not appear to be caused by any of the known hepatitis viruses, according to a report from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

"Our study confirms that hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia is a distinct type of aplastic anemia with a stereotypical pattern," researcher Kevin E. Brown and colleagues wrote ("Hepatitis-Associated Aplastic Anemia," The New England Journal of Medicine, April 10, 1997;336(15):1059-1064).

Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia is not uncommon and usually occurs in adolescent boys and young men who present with severe pancytopenia two to three months after an episode of acute...

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