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Sleep Disorder And Aplastic Anemia
Secondary aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to make enough blood cells. All blood cell types are affected.
Alternative Names
Anemia - secondary aplastic; Acquired aplastic anemia
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Secondary aplastic anemia is caused by injury to blood stem cells. Normal blood stem cells divide and turn into all blood cell types, mainly white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. When blood stem cells are injured, there is a reduction in all blood...
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Idiopathic aplastic anemia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a condition in which the bone marrow fails to properly make blood cells. Bone marrow is the soft, fatty tissue in the... Read more »
Fanconi's anemia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Fanconi's anemia is a disease passed down through families (inherited) that mainly affects the bone marrow. It results in decreased production of all... Read more »
Sickle cell anemia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Anemia - sickle cell; Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS); Sickle cell disease Treatment The goal of treatment is to manage and control... Read more »
Congenital spherocytic anemia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hereditary spherocytosis; SpherocytosisTreatmentSurgery to remove the spleen (splenectomy) cures the anemia but doesn't correct the abnormal cell... Read more »
Thrombocytopenia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there is an abnormally low amount of platelets. Platelets are parts of the blood that help blood to clot.... Read more »
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