title: Hereditary spherocytosis in sisters unmasked by parvovirus infection.
abstract: Teenage sisters were found to have hereditary spherocytosis when they presented in aplastic crisis associated with otherwise asymptomatic parvovirus infection. Such patients may present a source of cross-infection to others at risk.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Child Health, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rutter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*