Treatment of dyskeratosis congenita with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and erythropoietin

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-311

  Alter, Blanche P ^a,c   Gardner, Frank H ^a   Hall, Robert E ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

aplastic anaemia; dyskeratosis congenita; erythropoietin; G CSF

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BLEOMYCIN; BUTADIENE DIEPOXIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031010068     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.622717.x     Document Type: Article

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