Clinical characteristics predict response to antithymocyte globulin in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-97

  Paquette, Ronald L ^a   Yoshimura, Ryan ^b   Veiseh, Charles ^b   Kunkel, Lori ^b   Gajewski, James ^b   Rosen, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antithymocyte globulin; aplastic anaemia; immunosuppressive therapy; paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031032545     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-1984.x     Document Type: Article

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