Autoimmune neutropenia following therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: A report of three cases [4]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-349

  Roberts, Lara ^a   Lucas, Geoff ^b   Green, Laura ^a   Lindsay, Jindriska ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sanjeev ^a   Thornton, Patrick ^a   Evans, Gillian ^a   Pocock, Christopher ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune neutropenia; B chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 33845869562     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06436.x     Document Type: Letter

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