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Parvovirus B19-induced perturbation of human megakaryocytopoiesis in vitro
15 Nov 1990
Abstract excerpt
Parvovirus B19 infection leads to transient aplastic crises in individuals with chronic hemolytic anemias or immunodeficiency states. An additional unexplained sequela of B19 infection is thrombocytopenia. Because B19 is known to have a remarkable tropism for human erythropoietic elements, and is not known to replicate in nonerythroid cells, the etiology of this thrombocytopenia is uncertain. We sought to define...
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