Remission of aplastic anemia induced by treatment for Graves disease in a pediatric patient

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-212

  Das, Prabodh Kumar ^b   Wherrett, Diane ^b   Drore, Yigal ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Hospital for Sick Children ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Autoimmune; Graves disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROPRANOLOL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; METHIMAZOLE; PANCYTOPENIA; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34447274282     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20640     Document Type: Article

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