Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura induced by cyclosporin A after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation treated by red blood cell exchange tranfusion: A case report [1]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-247

  Gupta, Saswati ^a   Tran, Nam ^a   Topolsky, David ^a   Sesdk Pizzini, Debdrah ^b   Crilley, Pamela ^a   Balasubramanian, Manjula ^a   Kahn, Sigmund Benham ^a   Brodsky, Isadore ^a   Ward, Kris ^a   Styler, Michael ^a  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 27644574699     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20440     Document Type: Letter

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