Successful treatment of refractory pure red cell aplasia associated with lymphoproliferative disorders with the anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody alemtuzumab (Campath-1H)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-281

  Xiuqing, R U ^a   Liebman, Howard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alemtuzumab; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Large granular lymphocytic leukaemia; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; REMISSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SERODIAGNOSIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THYMOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0142215548     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04609.x     Document Type: Article

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