Pure red cell aplasia: Clinical features and treatment results in 16 cases

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-140

  Kwong, Y L ^a   Wong, K F ^b   Liang, R H S ^a   Chu, Y C ^b   Chan, L C ^a   Chan, T K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Pure red cell aplasia; Steroids; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REMISSION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0029869538     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050151     Document Type: Article

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