1. In-vitro expansion of erythroid cells

2. 29 Moreover, erythroid colonies could be grown from blood samples without the need for exogenous erythropoietin.

3. Moreoer, erythroid colonies could be grown from blood samples without the need for exogenous erythropoietin.

4. Click here for Patient Education Acquired pure red blood cell Aplasia is a disorder of erythroid precursors that results in an isolated normocytic anemia

5. 27 The absence of ALAS2 leads to maturation arrest of primitive erythroid cells. Heritable mutations of ALAS2 gene are responsible for the human X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA).

6. Acquired pure red cell Aplasia (PRCA) is a rare condition of profound anemia characterized by a very low reticulocyte count and the virtual absence of erythroid precursors in the bone marrow

7. Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) characterized by complete and selective absence of erythroid precursors was observed in a 60 year old female and unsuccessfully treated with corticosteroids and androgens during 21 months.