Aplastic anaemia

Aplastic anaemia

Anaemia that is characterised by defective function of the blood-forming organs (as the bone marrow) and is caused by toxic agents (as chemicals or X-rays) or is idiopathic in origin -- called also hypoplastic anemia.

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