Evan's syndrome complicating multicentric Castleman's disease - Dramatic response to rituximab [1]

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 384-385

  Quinn, John P ^a   Gilligan, O M ^a   Horgan, M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 5344275176     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00302.x     Document Type: Letter

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