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. 1968 Sep;21(5):590–594. doi: 10.1136/jcp.21.5.590

Coexistence of pernicious anaemia and acute erythraemic myelosis

E M Riddell 1,1, R J L Davidson 1
PMCID: PMC473869  PMID: 5246763

Abstract

A patient with the apparently unique combination of pernicious anaemia and acute erythraemic myelosis is described. The implications of some of the unusual features together with the difficulties encountered in diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

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