Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
A case of severe and irreversible pancytopenia secondary to acute primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent woman is described. The patient presented with thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, anemia, and abnormal liver function tests. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglob...
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by Maria Koukoulaki, MD, M.Phil, Georgia Ifanti, MD, Eirini Grispou, Vassilios Papastamopoulos, MD, Georgia Chroni, MD, Emmanouil Diamantopoulos, MD, Athanasios Skoutelis, MD
Published 2010-03-01
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