Etiology and Symptoms
The two types of Aplastic Anemia.
What is acquired and congenital?
The type of cells destroyed in aplastic anemia in this location.
What are hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow?
If patient has a donor this is the first-line treatment for aplastic anemia.
What is Hematopoietic Stem Transplant?
Five symptoms of aplastic anemia.
What is fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid/irregular heart beat, dizziness, prolonged infections...?
What are inflammatory cytokines and Fas?
The cellularity result of bone marrow biospy.
What is hypocellular?
If patient does not have a donor, this is the first-line treatment.
What is immunosuppressive therapy and corticosteroids?
Three causes of acquired aplastic anemia.
What is radiation, exposure to certain chemical agents and drugs, autoimmune disorders, viral infection?
Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into these two progenitor cells.
What are myeloid and lymphoid progenitor cells?
These should not be seen in a bone marrow biospy of a patient with aplastic anemia.
What is dysplasia, blasts, and fibrosis?
This treatment is provided along with immunosupproessive agents.
What are bone marrow stimulating agents?