How to Use aplastic anemia in a Sentence

aplastic anemia

noun
  • For example, Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia, resulting from years of radiation exposure.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Dixon was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, aplastic anemia, in high school.
    Ralph D. Russo, The Seattle Times, 18 Dec. 2018
  • It's been banned in food production in the U.S. because of possible severe side effects such as aplastic anemia and leukemia.
    Emily Main, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2017
  • Angela was just 3 years old when she was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disorder that meant her body could not produce enough red blood cells.
    Nina Dos Santos, CNN, 26 June 2019
  • Since being diagnosed last July with aplastic anemia, a rare disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells, the 5-year-old from Oconomowoc has fought for her life.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Gabriel was diagnosed as an infant with aplastic anemia.
    Allen Kim, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Her Mia Hamm Foundation raises funds and awareness for bone marrow and cord blood transplants in honor of her late brother, Garrett, who died in 1997 of aplastic anemia.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
  • Back in June 2020, Abraham was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare and life-threatening blood disorder.
    Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Williams also found out about this support when one of her twins, Addyson, was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia — a rare blood disorder in which her body does not produce enough new blood cells.
    Jane Stueckemann, Houston Chronicle, 15 July 2019
  • The Lancers senior was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in October of 2016, was hospitalized for four months and cleared to play one week before soccer tryouts last March.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • Giavanna Danninger, 5, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia that led to a bone marrow transplant last fall.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • People who need a bone marrow transplant often have blood disorders or diseases that affect bone marrow function, such as leukemia, lymphoma or aplastic anemia.
    Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Continuing to manage her aplastic anemia, a life-long and life-threatening condition that causes bone marrow failure and weakens her immune system, Stephanie is now in remission and is looking to end her celibacy after two and a half years.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Knee pain and the bottom line Health insurance typically doesn’t cover stem cell injections, with the exception of certain accepted treatments, such as bone-marrow transplants for cancer and aplastic anemia.
    STAT, 20 June 2019
  • Emma’s medical team ultimately arrived at a diagnosis of severe aplastic anemia, failure of the bone marrow to produce critical blood cells and platelets.
    Beth Mlady, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Knee Pain and the Bottom Line Health insurance typically doesn’t cover stem cell injections, with the exception of certain accepted treatments, such as bone-marrow transplants for cancer and aplastic anemia.
    Time, 19 June 2019
  • Olagbegi was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a blood disorder.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Schwartz, 14, is in critical need of a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria — two life-threatening diseases that keep the body from producing blood cells.
    Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
  • Kentucky's application to the federal government said this could include people with active cancer, aplastic anemia, blood clotting disorders, chronic alcohol or drug abuse and mental illness.
    Adam Beam, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2018

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