Clinical Features of Aplastic Anaemia

Abstract

The purpose of this Symposium is to collect and discuss data from divers groups of workers, data which may throw some light on the pathogenetic mechanisms of aplastic anaemia. It is desirable to understand the pathogenesis of disease, perhaps even more than to know the cause, for from such knowledge may come more rational and perhaps more successful treatment for that disease. We should try in discussion and in formal papers, to maintain an open, critical attitude to the problem and not interpret data in the light of preconceived hypotheses. We should keep in mind that there may be more than one pathway to aplastic anaemia and that the bone marrow, like most other organs of the body has a limited number of ways in which it can react to many assaults.