Life saving cyclophosphamide treatment in a girl with giant cell hepatitis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: Case report and up-to-date on therapeutical options

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 846-850

  Vajro, P ^a   Migliaro, F ^a   Ruggeri, C ^b   Di Cosmo, N ^a   Crispino, G ^a   Caropreso, M ^a   Vecchione, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; Childhood; Cyclophosphamide; Giant cell hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL HEPATITIS; GIRL; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33748930063     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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