A case report of the efficacy of apheresis for refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus associated hemolytic anemia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-231

  Yamaji, Ken ^a   Tsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Autoimmune thrombocytopenia; Double filtration plasmapheresis; Platelet associated IgG (PA IgG); Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; APHERESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142544699     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-0968.2004.00152.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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