MJHID Educational Clinical Cases
Vol. 7 (2015): Review Series, Original Articles, Case Reports
An unusual cause of anemia and encephalopathy
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Received: March 16, 2015
Accepted: April 6, 2015
Accepted: April 6, 2015
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The authors present here an interesting case of recent onset anemia that was associated with an encephalopathy of the unusual cause.Although severe anemia can theoretically result in anemic hypoxia and can then lead to hypoxic encephalopathy, it is not a primary cause of encephalopathy. More frequently anemia can contribute together with other multiple causes of encephalopathy, such as infections, metabolic abnormalities, trauma, hepatic dysfunction, hypertension, toxins.
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“An unusual cause of anemia and encephalopathy” (2015) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 7(1), p. e2015036. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2015.036.
