Aplastic anaemia and optic fundus haemorrhages due to traditional herbal remedies.
Aplastic anaemia as a consequence of use of traditional African herbal remedies in Zambia is reported in 5 cases. Three patients died. A feature of the haemorrhagic tendency from severe thrombocytopenia was optic fundus and vitreous haemorrhage.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D015024:Zambia