Highly fluorescent reticulocyte count predicts haemopoietic recovery after immunosuppression for severe aplastic anaemia

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-389

  Sica, S ^a   Sora', F ^a   Laurenti, L ^a   Piccirillo, N ^a   Salutari, P ^a   Chiusolo, P ^a   D'Onofrio, G ^a   Leone, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemopoietic recovery; Highly fluorescent reticulocytes; Severe aplastic anaemia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETICULOCYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033374249     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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