Thymoma followed by paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: A unique clinical association in the context of multiorgan autoimmunity with a potential role for CD8+ T lymphocytes

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 774-778

  Palmieri, Giovannella ^a   Selleri, Carmine ^a   Montella, Liliana ^a   Bulgarelli, Goffredo ^a   Vitiello, Laura ^b,c   Merkabaoui, Ghassan ^a   Ricci, Patrizia ^a   Del Vecchio, Luigi ^d   Masci, Annamaria ^b,c   Racioppi, Luigi ^b   Rotoli, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME; THYMOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749563816     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20699     Document Type: Article

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