Pulsed high-dose dexamethasone in chronic autoimmune haemolytic anaemia of warm type

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 860-862

  Meyer, Oliver ^a   Stahl, Dorothea ^b   Beckhove, Philipp ^b   Huhn, Dieter ^a   Salama, Abdulgabar ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; High dose dexamethasone; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030863617     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3203137.x     Document Type: Article

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