Long-term results of the immunosuppressive treatment of patients with severe acquired aplastic anemia: A single institution study

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 184-187

  Ruiz Argüelles, Guillermo J ^a,b   Gómez Rangel, J David ^a  

^a Laboratorios Clinicos de Puebla   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE HEMATOLOGÍA Y MEDICINA INTERNA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antithymocyte globulin; Aplastic anemia; Cyclosporin A; Immunosuppression; M xico

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MESTEROLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0345168165     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074222     Document Type: Article

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