Severe autoimmune thrombocytopenia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 228-232

  Tomonari, Akira ^a   Tojo, Arinobu ^a   Iseki, Tohru ^a   Ooi, Jun ^a   Nagayama, Hitomi ^a   Ogami, Kazuo ^a   Maekawa, Taira ^a   Shirafuji, Naoki ^a,b   Tani, Kenzaburo ^a   Asano, Shigetaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Autoimmune thrombocytopenia; Bone marrow transplantation; Graft versus host disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035431071     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982010     Document Type: Article

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