NOUN
- anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure
How To Use aplastic anemia In A Sentence
- Leukopenia tends to cluster early in the course of treatment, whereas aplastic anemia occurs fairly evenly throughout the first year.
- Recovery from aplastic anemia occurred 4 months after the discontinuation of suspected myelotoxic drugs and use of hematinics.
- Professor Zhou Yongming excels in the treatment of aplastic anemia and has achieved excellent results.
- Anemia with thrombocytopenia indicates leukemia, systemic lupus erythematosus or aplastic anemia.
- Aplastic anemia is a noncontagious disease in which, for unknown reasons, the body's immune system destroys newly formed blood cells in the bone marrow, causing life-threatening anemia and high risk of infection and hemorrhage. Falling Into a Medical Abyss
- There were numerous reports of hepatotoxicity and aplastic anemia in adults, but there have been no reports of aplastic anemia in children younger than 13 years.
- Bone marrow transplantation may be considered in some cases of sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and aplastic anemia.
- Inherited loss-of-function mutations of MPL cause severe thrombocytopenia and aplastic anemia, a syndrome called congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT). Naturejobs - All Jobs
- Bone marrow transplantation is used to treat many patients diagnosed with leukemia the most common cancer among children, aplastic anemia, lymphomas, and other life-threatening diseases. Chris McGowan: Brazil: A World Leader in Bone Marrow Donors
- In 2002, 154,000 pounds of Chinese honey contaminated with chloramphenicol, banned in Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States because it treats anthrax but is known to cause bone marrow failure through aplastic anemia -- turned up in our grocery stores, unknowingly. Dr. Reese Halter: Tons of Unrecognizable Honey