Anemia associated with exposure to lindane.
A recent case of severe, but reversible, hypoplastic anemia was associated temporally with lindane exposure. A series of 46 cases of hematotoxicity associated with lindane is reviewed, and the weaknesses in the indictment of lindane as the causative agent are pointed out. A more rational policy for control of agents suspected of damaging bone marrow awaits improved understanding of pathogenetic mechanisms.
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane