Severe antibody-mediated agranulocytosis

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-74

  Johnsen, H ^a   Husebekk, A ^a,b   Skjelbakken, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; Autoantibodies; Crohn's disease; HNA 3a; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FILGRASTIM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38049017639     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2007.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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