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Editor-In-Chief: Aric Hall, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA [1]

Overview

More than half of the cases of aplastic anemia are idiopathic. Chemicals, drugs, viral infections, collagen vascular diseases, and thymoma can be implicated as the causative factor in the other cases.

Causes

• Idiopathic
• Autoimmune disorder
• viral hepatitis
• Exposure to substances such as
  • benzene
  • radiation
  • chloramphenicol
  • carbamazepine
  • phenytoin
  • quinine
  • phenylbutazone