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hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia

Tuesday 10 April 2007

Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia (HAA) is characterized by marrow failure developing after acute seronegative hepatitis.

- mutant hepatitis B virus undetectable by standard assays (17316877)
- acute parvovirus B19 infection (9517662)

References

- Cariani E, Pelizzari AM, Rodella A, Gargiulo F, Imberti L, Manca N, Rossi G. Immune-mediated hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia caused by the emergence of a mutant hepatitis B virus undetectable by standard assays. J Hepatol. 2007 Apr;46(4):743-7. PMID: 17316877