Pure red cell aplasia associated with thymoma: Clinical insights from a 50-year single-institution experience

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-407

  Thompson, Carrie A ^a   Steensma, David P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis; Pure red cell aplasia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RARE DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; THYMOMA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749251271     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06295.x     Document Type: Article

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