Aplastic anemia as a late complication of thymoma in remission

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 389-391

  Ritchie, David S ^a,c   Underhill, Craig ^b   Grigg, Andrew P ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Border Medical Oncology Australia   (Australia)

^c MALAGHAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aplasia; Auto immune disease; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036621022     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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