SEVERE PANCYTOPENIA IN A PATIENT WITH CHR ONIC ALCOHOL-ABUSE

Authors
CHEVALIER B HERVE R AUZANNEAU G STMEZARD G ALGAYRES JP
Citation
B. Chevalier et al., SEVERE PANCYTOPENIA IN A PATIENT WITH CHR ONIC ALCOHOL-ABUSE, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 70(31-32), 1994, pp. 941-943
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
70
Issue
31-32
Year of publication
1994
Pages
941 - 943
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1994)70:31-32<941:SPIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Many chronic alcoholics develop macrocytic or megaloblastic anemia cau sed by direct effects of alcohol and by alcohol-related cirrhosis of t he liver. Acute pancytopenia occurs as the initial manifestation of se vere multiple vitamin deficiencies in a small number of patients with chronic alcohol abuse. This complication sometimes requires bone marro w studies.