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Abstract
Common causes of anemia in juvenile idiopathic arthritis are anemia of chronic disease and iron deficiency. We report a 4 year old boy with biopsy proven systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and severe anemia. Bone marrow aspiration revealed pure red cell aplasia without evidence of hemophagocytosis. This rare, unexplained but well known entity responded to corticosteroids.Entities:
Keywords: Pure red cell aplasia; Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Year: 2011 PMID: 23448798 PMCID: PMC3311966 DOI: 10.1007/s12288-011-0085-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus ISSN: 0971-4502 Impact factor: 0.900