PREGNANCY AND SEVERE APLASTIC-ANEMIA - CAUSAL RELATION OR COINCIDENCE

The relationship between aplastic anaemia (AA) and pregnancy remains u ncertain. To assess whether an association between pregnancy and sever e aplastic anaemia (SAA) exists, we compared the frequency of pregnanc y in 35 young women with newly diagnosed SAA with the expected frequen cy in the general population. The observed pregnancy rate in the SAA g roup was 3-6%. This percentage approximates the expected pregnancy rat e of 4.4% in the general population and is not compatible with a stron g association between pregnancy and SAA.