Use of rituximab in refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia following an autologous stem cell transplant

Hematology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-44

  Price, Samantha ^a   Cumpston, Aaron ^a   Altaha, Ramin ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Autoimmune thrombocytopenia; Autologous stem cell transplant; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENOXAPARIN; HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELPHALAN; METOPROLOL; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33644824425     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330500469957     Document Type: Article

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