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Pure red cell aplasia in mixed connective tissue disease
H Julkunen1, J Jäntti, T Pettersson
1IV Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
We describe a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), who developed pure red cell aplasia which responded favorably during treatment with corticosteroids. Pure red cell aplasia has been described in a few patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, but, to our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between it and MCTD.