Evans syndrome and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in families: Consider autoimmune lymphoproliferative disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1295-1296

  Rischewski, Johannes R ^a   Kühne, Thomas ^a   Imbach, Paul ^a   Ehl, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 10; CASPASE 8; FAS ANTIBODY; FAS LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPENIA; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 42349087188     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21501     Document Type: Letter

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