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B19 parvovirus infection causing aplastic crisis in 3 out of 5 family members with hereditary spherocytosis

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B19 parvovirus infection is a principal cause of transient bone marrow suppression in patients with chronic haemolytic anaemias. Acute infection is described in a family of five individuals with hereditary spherocytosis; three of them developed marked hypoplastic anaemia.

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Murphy, P.T., O’Donnell, J.R. B19 parvovirus infection causing aplastic crisis in 3 out of 5 family members with hereditary spherocytosis. I.J.M.S. 159, 182–184 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02937239

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