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Aplastic crisis in occult hereditary spherocytosis caused by human parvovirus (HPV B19)
E S Rappaport1, G Quick, D Ransom
1Department of Pathology, Scott and White Clinic, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX 76508.
Southern Medical Journal
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
We have reported a case of aplastic crisis occurring in an 11-year-old black boy with occult hereditary spherocytosis. An etiologic diagnosis of human parvovirus (HPV) B19 infection was confirmed serologically. The Coulter Model S + IV proved useful for both diagnosis and treatment monitoring through serial histograms. The relationship of HPV infection and aplastic crisis is discussed.