Steroid‐responsive pure red cell aplasia associated with natural killer cell lymphocytosis

Ayalew Tefferi; Kevin P. Windebank; Michael H. Veeder; Joseph M. Kiely

doi:10.1002/ajh.2830310313

Steroid‐responsive pure red cell aplasia associated with natural killer cell lymphocytosis

Ayalew Tefferi, Kevin P. Windebank, Michael H. Veeder, Joseph M. Kiely

Hematology

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A patient with pure red cell aplasia and expansion of the peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cell population is described. Despite normal absolute and differential leukocyte counts, NK cells were increased at diagnosis and at relapse. Furthermore, these cells were not morphologically recognizable on the peripheral blood smear examination. A favorable clinical response to glucocorticoid therapy was accompanied by a decrease in NK cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-212
Number of pages	2
Journal	American journal of hematology
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.2830310313
State	Published - Jul 1989

Keywords

azathioprine
lymphocyte subsets
prednisone

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