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	Aplastic anemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aplastic anemia is a condition where the bone marrow does not produce enough, or any, new cells to replenish the blood cells.
		Anemia is the condition of having fewer blood cells than normal, or fewer than needed to function properly.
		In many cases, the etiology is impossible to determine, but aplastic anemia is sometimes associated with exposure to substances such as benzene,radiation, or to the use of certain drugs, including chloramphenicol and phenylbutazone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aplastic_anemia (431 words)

	Aplastic Anemia Information on Healthline
		Aplastic anemia is a disorder in which the bone marrow greatly decreases or stops production of blood cells.
		In aplastic anemia, the basic structure of the marrow becomes abnormal, and those cells responsible for generating blood cells (hematopoietic cells) are greatly decreased in number or absent.
		Symptoms of aplastic anemia tend to be those of other anemias, including fatigue, weakness, tiny reddish-purple marks (petechiae) on the skin (evidence of pinpoint hemorrhages into the skin), evidence of abnormal bruising, and bleeding from the gums, nose, intestine, or vagina.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/aplastic-anemia (1098 words)

	MEdIC - Aplastic Anemia Answer Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a rare but extremely serious disorder that results from the unexplained failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells.
		In aplastic anemia, the bone marrow biopsy shows a great reduction in the number of cells in the bone marrow, with a normal appearance of the few remaining cells.
		The diagnosis of aplastic anemia is usually made or confirmed by a hematologist- a specialist in blood disorders.
	medic.med.uth.tmc.edu /ptnt/00001038.htm (2343 words)

	Aplastic Anemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is characterized by pancytopenia with hypoplastic bone marrow.
		Aplastic anaemia seems to be predominantly a defect of the stem cell rather than the stroma, though abnormalities of the microenvironment may co-exist.
		Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetically and phenotypically heterogenous autosomal recessive disease associated with chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to DNA crosslinkers.
	www.thedoctorsdoctor.com:16080 /diseases/anemia_aplastic.htm (6415 words)

	Aplastic anaemia
		Aplastic anaemia is a rare acquired disorder in which there is a failure of the bone marrow to produce sufficient blood cells for the circulation.
		The difference from acquired aplastic anaemia is that the fall in blood cells occurs acutely over one or two days and recovery takes place in the majority of patients if they are supported through the period of marrow depression with blood transfusions.
		The risk of developing aplastic anaemia as a side-effect of drug treatment is very small, for the antibiotic chloramphenicol, one of the more widely studied triggers for the disease, about one person in 25,000 taking the drug may develop aplastic anaemia.
	www.lrf.org.uk /en/1/infdispatapl.html (6546 words)

	Anemia, Aplastic
		Aplastic Anemia is a rare bone marrow disorder characterized by decreased function of the bone marrow that results in abnormally low levels of all the cellular elements of the blood (pancytopenia).
		The symptoms of Aplastic Anemia are dependent on the extent of the reduced number of all blood cells (pancytopenia) or the type of blood cell(s) that are affected.
		Aplastic Anemia is a rare bone marrow disorder that affects males and females in equal numbers.
	hw.healthdialog.com /kbase/nord/nord83.htm (2153 words)

	eMedicine - Aplastic Anemia : Article by Sameer Bakhshi, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A proportion of marrow lymphocytes >70% is correlated with poor prognosis in aplastic anemia.
		One of the major problems of BMT in aplastic anemia is the high 10% rate of rejection (range, 5-50%), and this is positively correlated with the number of transfusions and duration of disease prior to undergoing transplantation.
		Patients with aplastic anemia should be treated by physicians who are experts in the care of immunocompromised patients and in consultation with a BMT physician for patients younger than 65 years.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic162.htm (4959 words)

	MEdIC - Aplastic Anemia - Introduction for the General Physician (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a hematologic disorder characterized by a decrease in the cellular elements of the peripheral blood.
		Aplastic anemia develops before age 30-40 in patients who are predisposed due to a congenital chromosomal abnormality such as Fanconi's anemia or dyskeratosis congenita.
		Patients with aplastic anemia generally present with symptoms of bleeding or bruising due to the thrombocytopenia (low platelets), tiredness or pallor due to the anemia (low hemoglobin), or infection due to the neutropenia (low white blood cell count).
	medic.med.uth.tmc.edu /ptnt/00001040.htm (1303 words)

	Aplastic Anemia/Lindane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a rare (5-10 cases per million), serious condition where the bone marrow fails to produce white cells, red cells and the platelets.
		Aplastic anemia is observed in children as well as in adults.
		The moment the diagnosis of Aplastic anemia is labeled, parents and patients get upset, due to the seriousness of the ailment as well as due to confusion about the jargon of medical terminology.
	www.headlice.org /lindane/discussion/old/_disc1/00000086.htm (610 words)

	Aplastic anemia
		Doctors distinguish myelodysplastic syndrome from aplastic anemia using a bone marrow biopsy and genetic analysis of the bone marrow.
		Aplastic anemia may be due to an autoimmune disorder that's causing your body's immune system to attack and damage cells in your bone marrow.
		The healthy marrow is injected intravenously into the bloodstream of the person with aplastic anemia, where it migrates to the bone marrow and may begin generating new blood cells in about two to four weeks.
	www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00322.html (2544 words)

	Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Association of Canada
		Aplastic anemia is a rare but extremely serious disorder that results when the marrow fails to produce blood cells.
		Myelodysplasia is similar to aplastic anemia in that production of blood cells is decreased; however, the blood cells which are produced in myelodysplasia may not function properly.
		Aplastic anemia patients who are not candidates for bone marrow transplantation may be given drugs such as anabolic steroids and/or hematopoietic growth factors (GM-CSF, G-CSF and IL-3) to stimulate their own bone marrow to improve blood production.
	www.aamac.ca (827 words)

	Aplastic Anemia
		Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow produces too few of all types of blood cells: red cells, white cells, and platelets.
		Aplastic anemia is a serious illness and treatment usually depends on the underlying cause.
		Activities which put children with aplastic anemia at risk for infection or bleeding should be avoided.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/peds_hematology/aplsanem.cfm (525 words)

	Aplastic anemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a serious condition defined as pancytopenia with an "empty" bone marrow (hypoplastic or aplastic).
		The anemia is only one part of the spectrum of sequelae that result from this, and is not as clinically significant as the concomitant neutropenia, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia.
		There are an estimated 2-4 million cases per year of aplastic anemia, and the incidence occurs in three peaks: 2-5 years, 20-25 years and 55-60 years.
	pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu /aplasticanemia.html (320 words)

	Idiopathic aplastic anemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to properly form all types of blood cells.
		Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a condition that results from injury to the stem cell, a cell that gives rise to other cell types after it divides.
		Causes of other types of aplastic anemia may be chemotherapy, radiation therapy, toxins, drugs, pregnancy, congenital disorder, or systemic lupus erythematosus.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/000554.htm (525 words)

	What is Aplastic Anemia and what causes this bone marrow disease? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is not a single disease, but a group of closely related disorders characterized by the failure of the bone marrow to produce all three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
		The exact cause of aplastic anemia is unknown, although it has been linked to exposure to chemicals such as benzene and radiation.
		A condition known as secondary aplastic anemia can develop when bone marrow is damaged by cancer, chemotherapy, certain medications, pregnancy or exposure to toxic substances.
	www.aplastic-anemia.org /what-is-aplastic-anemia.htm (400 words)

	Information about Aplastic Anemia
		Aplastic anemia is a rare but extremely serious disorder that results from the unexplained failure of the bone marrow to produce enough blood cells.
		Aplastic anemia has been clearly linked to radiation, environmental toxins, insecticides, and drugs.
		Isolation is needed to prevent transfer of infection to aplastic anemia patients.
	www.mamashealth.com /blood/aplastic.asp (226 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Secondary aplastic anemia
		Secondary aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to form enough blood cells.
		In secondary aplastic anemia, removal of the causative agent is critical, and in some cases can lead to recovery.
		Untreated aplastic anemia is an illness that leads to rapid death.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000529.htm (626 words)

	Aplastic Anemia & MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndromes) International Foundation, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a rare, potentially serious and non-contagious bone marrow failure disease that occurs when the bone marrow stops making enough blood cells.
		Anemia results from reduced red cell production, infections are a result of reduced white cell production, and bleeding results from reduced platelet production.
		Aplastic anemia can occur at any age, in any gender and in any race of people.
	aplastic.eyemg.com /cgi-bin/faq_answer.pl?id=1 (401 words)

	Aplastic Anemia
		By Lyle L. Sensenbernner, M.D. In many cases, aplastic anemia has been clearly linked to exposure to certain toxins, although in many cases it is unlikely that a specific case can be identified.
		The possibility that exposure to the same compound a second time may reinduce aplastic anemia is a very real one.
		There are a group of insecticides that have been implicated as potential causes of aplastic anemia.
	www.headlice.org /lindane/health/toxicology/aplastic_anemia.htm (704 words)

	Aplastic Anemia Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		i was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at the young age of 12.
		I was diagnosed with aplastic anemia 10/99 after several weeks of feeling extremely tired, throbbing all over, and becoming pale and then almost yellow.
		I was diagnosed in April 98 with severe Aplastic Anemia with a hemoglobin of 3 and 14,000 platelets.
	aplasticcentral.com /Aplastic_Anemia_Stories.asp (19263 words)

	Acquired Aplastic Anemia
		Acquired aplastic anemia is a rare disorder caused by profound, almost complete bone marrow failure.
		In acquired aplastic anemia, an almost complete absence of hematopoietic stem cells eventually results in low levels of red and white blood cells and platelets (pancytopenia).
		Although some cases of acquired aplastic anemia occur secondary to other disorders, researchers now believe that most cases result from a disorder of the patient’s immune system, in which the immune system mistakenly targets the bone marrow (autoimmunity).
	www.webmd.com /hw/anemia/nord83.asp (505 words)

	Aplastic Anemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aplastic anemia is a condition in which the bone marrow fails to produce blood cells.
		The low level of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in the body is known as aplastic anemia.
		Some experts believe that aplastic anemia is an autoimmune disorder, a condition in which the body produces antibodies against its own blood cells.
	www.3-rx.com /aplastic-anemia/default.php (230 words)

	Aplastic anemia definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Aplastic anemia: Anemia due to failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well as platelets.
		Symptoms of aplastic anemia include fatigue, bruising, bleeding, shortness of breath, fever, chills, and less frequently, bone pain.
		The diagnosis is based on the presence of low red and white blood cell and platelet counts and a decrease in the normal cells of the bone marrow.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2308 (425 words)

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