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KMID : 0882420150880010094
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2015 Volume.88 No. 1 p.94 ~ p.100
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Four Cases of Acquired Aplastic Anemia Affecting an Entire Family after Ingesting Ganoderma lucidum
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Jung Joo-Hyuk
Lee Hyun-Woo
Lee Yoo-Jin
Lee Hye-Ran
Um Tae-Hyun
Park Ji-Yeon
Yi Seong-Yoon
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Abstract
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We report four cases of Ganoderma lucidum-induced aplastic anemia involving members of the same family. A 33-year-old man and three family members were admitted to the hospital due to fever and pancytopenia. The illness arose after ingesting herbal wine containing G. lucidum 2 weeks earlier. A bone-marrow biopsy showed hypocellularity in three of the four family members (the exception was the one who died). They were treated with supportive management, including transfusions, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and empirical antibiotics for neutropenic fever. The pancytopenia improved 4?5 weeks after the symptoms first appeared.
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KEYWORD
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Aplastic anemia, Medicinal plants, Ganoderma lucidum
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