Macrocytic anaemia due to copper deficiency in a patient with late onset hypogammaglobulinaemia
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 63 (737) , 205-207
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.63.737.205
Abstract
Summary: Very few cases of acquired severe copper deficiency have been described. The principal effects are haematological, but the precise abnormalities are uncertain due to the possible association of other deficiencies. A case of isolated severe copper deficiency associated with late onset hypogammaglobulinaemia is reported in which the chief findings were macrocytic anaemia, neutropenia and a decrease in mean platelet volume. All these abnormalities resolved when copper therapy was instituted and recurred when the medication was stopped.Keywords
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