Abstract:SUMMARY
An erythroid hypoplasia characterized by falls in red cell precursors, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, reticulocytes and sometimes platelets, resembling that which occurs in marasmus and kwashiorkor, has been produced experimentally in baboons on a synthetic riboflavin‐deficient diet. The red cell uptake of59Fe on the 8th and 12th days was 40 per cent lower in the riboflavin‐deprived animals and thus agreed with the low marrow activity estimated cytologically. The haematological abnormalities were acc… Show more
“…These observations should not exclude the possibility that another pathogenesis for PRCA might still exist in other cases. Riboflavin deficiency has been reported to cause PRCA in baboons (Kondi et a!, 1967) and might conceivably produce a similar condition in human beings. A case of dilantin-induced PRCA has been reported in which the drug appeared to inhibit DNA synthesis by erythroblasts in vitro (Yunis et al, 1967).…”
“…These observations should not exclude the possibility that another pathogenesis for PRCA might still exist in other cases. Riboflavin deficiency has been reported to cause PRCA in baboons (Kondi et a!, 1967) and might conceivably produce a similar condition in human beings. A case of dilantin-induced PRCA has been reported in which the drug appeared to inhibit DNA synthesis by erythroblasts in vitro (Yunis et al, 1967).…”
“…Examinations were done more frequently as the ani mals began to show serious signs of deficiency (16). Marrow smears were made in the usual way and stained with Leishman and Giemsa, care being taken to secure marrow particles.…”
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