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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(8):670-673. Published online August 15, 1980.

A case of Aplastic Anemia following Hepatitis.

Yong Eun Chung, In Kyung Sung, Chung Sik Chun, Chang Kyu Oh, Mahn Kyoo Yang

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Aplastic anemia following hepatitis is uncommon disease and it has a poor prognosis. Recently authors expirienced a case of aplastic anemia following hepatitis in 13-year-old boy. He was admitted due to jaundice and ecchymosis for 1 month. During admission, pancytopenia developed and there was marked hypocellularity of all elements in bone marrow examination. His clinical course was not improved in spite of multiple transfusion and therapy with corticosteroid. A brief review related literatures are also presented.

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