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Pure red cell aplasia following pernicious anemia. 1990

K Dan, and T Ito, and T Nomura

Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

A rare case of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) in association with pernicious anemia is reported. A 40-year-old man presented with typical clinical and laboratory features of pernicious anemia and received intramuscular injections of vitamin B12, with satisfactory response. Anemia recurred 6 months later despite continued therapy, and the patient was noted to have PRCA, which was treated successfully with two courses of high-dose bolus methylprednisolone therapy. His peripheral mononuclear cells before the therapy suppressed colony formation of early erythroid precursors (BFU-E) from normal bone marrow; such a suppressive effect was not found after recovery from anemia.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008775	Methylprednisolone	A PREDNISOLONE derivative with similar anti-inflammatory action.	6-Methylprednisolone,Medrol,Metipred,Urbason,6 Methylprednisolone
D012010	Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure	Suppression of erythropoiesis with little or no abnormality of leukocyte or platelet production.	Aplasia Pure Red Cell,Erythrocyte Aplasia,Pure Red-Cell Aplasia,Aplasia, Erythrocyte,Aplasia, Pure Red-Cell,Aplasias, Erythrocyte,Erythrocyte Aplasias,Pure Red Cell Aplasia,Pure Red-Cell Aplasias,Red Cell Aplasia, Pure,Red-Cell Aplasias, Pure
D001772	Blood Cell Count	The number of LEUKOCYTES and ERYTHROCYTES per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD. A complete blood count (CBC) also includes measurement of the HEMOGLOBIN; HEMATOCRIT; and ERYTHROCYTE INDICES.	Blood Cell Number,Blood Count, Complete,Blood Cell Counts,Blood Cell Numbers,Blood Counts, Complete,Complete Blood Count,Complete Blood Counts,Count, Blood Cell,Count, Complete Blood,Counts, Blood Cell,Counts, Complete Blood,Number, Blood Cell,Numbers, Blood Cell
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000752	Anemia, Pernicious	A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin B 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Addison's Anemia,Anemia, Addison's,Pernicious Anemia,Addison Anemia,Addisons Anemia,Anemia, Addison,Anemia, Addisons
D014805	Vitamin B 12	A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.	Cobalamin,Cyanocobalamin,Cobalamins,Eritron,Vitamin B12,B 12, Vitamin,B12, Vitamin
D015672	Erythroid Precursor Cells	The cells in the erythroid series derived from MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS or from the bi-potential MEGAKARYOCYTE-ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS which eventually give rise to mature RED BLOOD CELLS. The erythroid progenitor cells develop in two phases: erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) followed by erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E); BFU-E differentiate into CFU-E on stimulation by ERYTHROPOIETIN, and then further differentiate into ERYTHROBLASTS when stimulated by other factors.	Burst-Forming Units, Erythroid,Colony-Forming Units, Erythroid,Erythroid Progenitor Cells,Erythropoietic Progenitor Cells,Erythropoietic Stem Cells,Progenitor Cells, Erythropoietic,Stem Cells, Erythroid,BFU-E,CFU-E,BFU E,BFU-Es,Burst Forming Units, Erythroid,Burst-Forming Unit, Erythroid,CFU E,CFU-Es,Cell, Erythroid Precursor,Cell, Erythroid Progenitor,Cell, Erythroid Stem,Cell, Erythropoietic Progenitor,Cell, Erythropoietic Stem,Cells, Erythroid Precursor,Cells, Erythroid Progenitor,Cells, Erythroid Stem,Cells, Erythropoietic Progenitor,Cells, Erythropoietic Stem,Colony Forming Units, Erythroid,Colony-Forming Unit, Erythroid,Erythroid Burst-Forming Unit,Erythroid Burst-Forming Units,Erythroid Colony-Forming Unit,Erythroid Colony-Forming Units,Erythroid Precursor Cell,Erythroid Progenitor Cell,Erythroid Stem Cell,Erythroid Stem Cells,Erythropoietic Progenitor Cell,Erythropoietic Stem Cell,Precursor Cell, Erythroid,Precursor Cells, Erythroid,Progenitor Cell, Erythroid,Progenitor Cell, Erythropoietic,Progenitor Cells, Erythroid,Stem Cell, Erythroid,Stem Cell, Erythropoietic,Stem Cells, Erythropoietic,Unit, Erythroid Burst-Forming,Unit, Erythroid Colony-Forming,Units, Erythroid Burst-Forming,Units, Erythroid Colony-Forming