Pure red cell aplasia associated with hemolytic anemia refractory to standard measures and resolved by rituximab in an elderly patient

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-344

  Scaramucci, Laura ^a   Niscola, Pasquale ^a   Ales, Micaela ^a   Giovannini, Marco ^a   Tendas, Andrea ^a   Cupelli, Luca ^a   Siniscalchi, Agostina ^a   Piccioni, Daniela ^a   Dentamaro, Teresa ^a   Perrotti, Alessio ^a   De Fabritiis, Paolo ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; UROBILINOGEN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; PALLOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 60049100275     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-008-0161-9     Document Type: Letter

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