Pyridoxine-Responsive Anemia with Neuropathy
Authors: EUGENE M. BEAUPRE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Case Studies1 November 1963Pyridoxine-Responsive Anemia with NeuropathyEUGENE M. BEAUPRE, M.D., PATRICK M. GROWNEY, M.D.EUGENE M. BEAUPRE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PATRICK M. GROWNEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-5-724 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPyridoxine-responsive anemia was first reported in a human adult by Harris, Whittington, Weisman, Jr., and Horrigan (1) in 1956. Since then a number of individual cases have been described (2-15) and several excellent reviews have been published (6, 9, 10, 14). Only 4 females with this condition have been reported (13, 14, 16, 17). 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GROWNEY, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrom the Hematology Section, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.This study was supported in part by grant OG16 from the Clinical Research Center Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Beaupre is a Research Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and Dr. Growney is a Daland Research Fellow and former Clinical Fellow of the American Cancer Society.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Eugene M. Beaupre, M.D., Hematology Section of the Medical Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania. 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