Relapsing Pure Red-Cell Aplasia during Pregnancy

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To the Editor: A female patient had relapsing pure red-cell aplasia at the ages of 2 months, 6 years, and 19 years that was spontaneously reversible after, respectively, 3 months, 18 months, and 30 months of evolution.1 At the age of 22, she had a relapse during the ninth week of a pregnancy. The hemoglobin was 6.3 g per deciliter, the mean corpuscular volume was 91 fl, reticulocytes were less than 1 per cent, white-cell and platelet counts were normal, and the direct Coombs test was negative. The patient recovered spontaneously after three months of transfusions, but her pregnancy was . . .

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