Treatment of Felty's syndrome with the haemopoietic growth factor granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Stanworth, S J ^a   Bhavnani, M ^a   Chattopadhya, C ^a   Miller, H ^a   Swinson, D R ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FELTY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031965410     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.1.49     Document Type: Article

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