Anti-thymocyte globulin treatment of marrow aplasia associated with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) resulted in haematological improvement due to an expansion of the PNH clone

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-328

  Cheung, W C ^a   Lam, C C K ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti thymocyte globulin; PNH

Indexed keywords

THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW APLASIA; CASE REPORT; CLONE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COUNT; CLONE CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037276180     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04046.x     Document Type: Article

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