Pure red cell aplasia with rheumatoid arthritis. A case report and review of literature.
Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is an extremely uncommon treatable manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. Here we describe a case of long standing rheumatoid arthritis with severe refractory anaemia, which was proven to be due to PRCA.
Singh
R R
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Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Malviya
A N
AN
Kapoor
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SK
Pati
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H
Jain
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Misra
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology*