Lasthénie de Ferjol syndrome: a rare disease with fascinating history.
In our paper, we present the fascinating story of Lasthénie de Ferjol syndrome. A rare self-induced iron deficiency anaemia caused by surreptitious blood-letting. The French haematologist Jean Bernard first described the syndrome and named it after the heroine of Barbey d' Aurevilly's novel The Story without a Name. This factitious anaemia presents a great challenge for physicians even today, both in diagnosis and in therapy.
Karamanou
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History of Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. mariannakaramanou@yahoo.com
Androutsos
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D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000266:history; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome