Rituximab therapy for cytomegalovirus-associated auto-immune hemolytic anemia in a liver-transplant recipient

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-509

  Guitard, Joëlle ^a   Kamar, Nassim ^a   Ouezzani, Leila ^a   Rostaing, Lionel ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 41749085252     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00650.x     Document Type: Letter

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