Complete remission of pure white cell aplasia associated with thymoma, autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetes

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-189

  Fumeaux, Zina ^a   Beris, Photis ^a,b   Borisch, Bettina ^a   Sarasin, François P ^a   Roosnek, Eddy ^a   Dayer, Jean Michel ^a   Chizzolini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cyclosporine; Glucocorticoids; Pure white cell aplasia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; APLASIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE WHITE CELL APLASIA; STEM CELL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKOPENIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0037799327     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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