Cyclosporin in steroid-resistant auto-immune haemolytic anaemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 200-202

  Dündar, Semra ^a   Özdemir, Oktay ^a   Özcebe, Osman ^a  

^a Hacellcpe University School of Medicine Department of Hacmatology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Auto immunc haemolytic anaemia; Cyclosporin; Evans syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPLENECTOMY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0026357016     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204834     Document Type: Article

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