PURE RED CELL APLASIA

congenital:

Diamond-Blackfan syndrome

acquired:

chronic:

idiopathic

associated with thymoma and lymphoma

acute (usually transient):

parvovirus infection [important cause of aplastic crises in sickle-cell disease and other haemolytic anaemias]

other infections

drugs (including erythropoeitin)

riboflavin deficiency

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