Pure red-cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus.
A woman with SLE of six years duration developed severe anaemia which was characterized by severe bone marrow erythroid hypoplasia; no deficiencies could be found to explain this finding. Antibodies against erythroid progenitors are a likely cause of this anaemia, which completely resolved after transfusion of packed red-cells.
Nossent
J C
JC
Department of Rheumatology, Dr Daniel den Hoed Clinic, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Swaak
A J
AJ
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies