Hepatitis-associated aplastic anaemia treated successfully with antilymphocyte globulin

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-333

  Bhattacharyya, M ^a,c   Oakervee, H ^a   Dalley, C ^a   Glynn, M ^b   Cavenagh, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antilymphocyte globulin; Aplastic anaemia; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SERUM SICKNESS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26044468786     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2005.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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