A case of factor VIII inhibitor-positive acquired hemophilia treated by plasmapheresis

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-325

  Narukawa, Nobuhiko ^a   Abe, Takaya ^a   Shouno, Mineo ^a   Kitabata, Yukiko ^a   Okamoto, Masanori ^a   Kobata, Hirotugu ^a   Akizawa, Tadao ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired hemophilia; Factor VIII inhibitor; Plasma exchange; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FACTOR VIII; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PLASMAPHERESIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032711137     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.1999.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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