HLA-DR4 predicts haematological response to cyclosporine in T-large granular lymphocyte lymphoproliferative disorders

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-453

  Battiwalla, Minoo ^a   Melenhorst, Jos ^a   Saunthararajah, Yogen ^a,b   Nakamura, Ryotaro ^a,c   Molldrem, Jeffrey ^a,d   Young, Neal S ^a   Barrett, A John ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Human leucocyte antigen (HLA); Large granular lymphocytic leukaemia; T cell large granular lymphocyte (T LGL)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; T CELL LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTIC LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242329731     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04613.x     Document Type: Article

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