Treatment of the neutropenia of Felty syndrome

Blood Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Rashba, E J ^a   Rowe, J M ^a   Packman, C H ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GOLD; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPENIA; FACE EDEMA; FELTY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029822767     PISSN: 0268960X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-960X(96)90024-7     Document Type: Article

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