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Myelopathy during treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anaemia
G Lalitha Murthy1, V R Srinivasan, S Kaul
1Department of Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|November 8, 2002
Abstract:
A specific neurological syndrome resembling, subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord, has been observed to occur during treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anaemia (AHA). We propose that folate administration can precipitate this neurological syndrome in patients with subclinical deficiency of vitamin B12, a phenomenon more likely to occur in tropical countries. Such cases have not been previously reported.