Splenectomy for refractory Evans' syndrome associated with antiphospholipid antibodies: Report of two cases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 920-923

  Font, J ^a   Jimenez, S ^a   Cervera, R ^a   Garcia Carrasco, M ^b   Ramos Casals, M ^a   Campdelacreu, J ^a   Ingelmo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033764195     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.11.920     Document Type: Article

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