CHRONIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA WITH PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA

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Article1 December 1945CHRONIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA WITH PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIAROBERT C. MANCHESTERROBERT C. MANCHESTERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-6-935 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONTwo cases of chronic hemolytic anemia with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, recently observed in this hospital, are reported in this paper and some of the clinical features are discussed. The concurrent malaria in case 2 precipitated severe hemolytic crises with hemoglobinuria erroneously diagnosed blackwater fever. 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