Anemia of Adjuvant-Induced Inflammation in Rats.

Abstract
The chronic, disseminated inflammatory reaction observed in rats following a single intradermal injection of Freund''s-type adjuvant was associated with a mild, non-progressive anemia which morphologically, biochemically and kine-tically resembled the anemia associated with chronic disorders in man. "Adjuvant disease" in the rat may be an appropriate experimental model in which to study the complex pathogenesis of this distinctive but not uncommon form of anemia in man.