PEDIATRICS Vol. 59 No. 6 June 1977, pp. 895-898
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Selective Erythroid Aplasia During Therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Stephen E. Sallan M.D.1 and George R. Buchanan M.D.1

1 Sidney Farber Cancer Institute and the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Selective erythroid aplasia occurred in two children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The aplasia was reversible on cessation of therapy in one patient, and the other child remains transfusion-dependent on chemotherapy. Possible causes of pure red cell aplasia are discussed.

Submitted on April 22, 1976
Accepted on July 1, 1976




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