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Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated With Sodium Valproate Therapy
Lorna G. MacDougall, MB, ChB, DCH
JAMA. 1982;247(1):53-54.
Abstract
Pure red cell aplasia developed in a 9-year-old girl receiving sodium valproate therapy. Infection with measles and chickenpox had occurred two months previously. Regeneration of bone marrow erythroid precursors was demonstrated one month after drug withdrawal. Readministration of sodium valproate resulted in a second episode of red cell aplasia that again resolved promptly after drug withdrawal. The respective roles of infection and drugs in the etiology of red cell aplasia are discussed.
(JAMA 1982;247:53-54)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Paediatrics, Metabolic and Nutrition Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Metabolic and Nutrition Research Unit, Baragwanath Hospital, PO Bertsham 2013, South Africa (Dr MacDougall).
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