Blood, 1955, Vol. 10, No. 9, pp. 933-940.
© 1955 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Megaloblastic Anemia of Pregnancy in Two Sisters
Case Reports and an Investigation of the Hemolytic Mechanism
by Means of Erythrocyte Survival Studies
JAMES W. HOLLINGSWORTH 1 and
FAE M. ADAMS 1
1 Department of Hematology, Army Medical Service Graduate School and the
Department of Obstetrics, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D. C.
1. Two sisters with megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy were reported.
2. Erythrocytes from the patients, both before and after therapy with folic
acid, were tagged with radioactive sodium chromate and injected into normal
subjects. The results of these studies were discussed.
Submitted on January 29, 1955
Accepted on May 30, 1955