RT Journal
A1 Rothman IK, Amorosi EL
T1 PRocainamide-induced agranulocytosis and thrombocytopenia
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD February 1
VO 139
IS 2
SP 246
OP 247
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630390096035
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630390096035
AB Procainamide therapy has frequently been reported as a cause of agranulocytosis, but severe thrombocytopenia associated with the use of this drug has been noted only once. We report a case of simultaneously occurring agranulocytosis and profound thrombocytopenia in a patient receiving procainamide hydrochloride. Different mechanisms appeared to be responsible for the two cytopenias.(Arch Intern Med 139:246-247, 1979)