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Pernicious anemia associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and alopecia areata.

Zafad S, Madani A, Harif M, Quessar A, Benchekroun S

Hematology and Pediatric Oncology Department, Hôpital, 20 Août 1953, Casablanca, Morocco. szafad@hotmail.com

We report a 16-year-old male with a combination of pernicious anemia, auto-immune hemolytic anemia and alopecia areata. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia coexisted with pernicious anemia but was diagnosed only when the anemia failed to respond to cobalamin therapy. Alopecia areata occurred 9 years later.

Published 22 October 2007 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 49(7): 1017-8.
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