Pure red-cell aplasia in a peritoneal dialysis patient with HCV-related cryoglobulinemia in the absence of neutralizing antierythropoietin antibodies

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 744-746

  Aterini, Stefano ^a   Fusco, Ismaele ^a   Amato, Marcello ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF PRATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryglobulinemia; Dialysis; Erythropoietin; Hepatitis C virus; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; STEROID; ANTIBODY; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RELAPSE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE;

EID: 16644362396     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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