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A RARE CASE OF TRANSIENT APLASTIC ANEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE HEPATITIS E
Dr. Shabari Shenoy, Dr Supriya P S, Dr L N Samaga
Abstract :
Hepatitis E is a self limiting disease transmitted by faeco–oral route. Clinical features include fever, malaise, nausea, vomiting and
diarrhoea. Hepatitis induced aplastic anaemia is a rare extra hepatic manifestation with a prevalence of 2–5% in the west and has
a fatality of 85%.The treatment comprises of administration of immunosuppressive drugs and bone marrow transplantation in
resistant cases. Here we report an atypical case of transient aplastic anaemia in a patient with acute hepatitis E infection who
showed clinical improvement without the use of steroids.
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DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex
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DR. SHABARI SHENOY, DR SUPRIYA P S, DR L N SAMAGA, A RARE CASE OF TRANSIENT APLASTIC ANEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE HEPATITIS E, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-5 | May-2018
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DR. SHABARI SHENOY, DR SUPRIYA P S, DR L N SAMAGA, A RARE CASE OF TRANSIENT APLASTIC ANEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE HEPATITIS E, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-5 | May-2018
