Pure red cell aplasia and hypogammaglobulinemia in a patient with thymoma

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Lin, Chen Sung ^a,b,c   Yu, Yuan Bin ^b,c   Hsu, Han Shui ^b,c   Chou, Teh Ying ^b,c   Hsu, Wen Hu ^b,c   Huang, Biing Shiun ^b,c,d  

^a KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypogammaglobulinemia; Pure red cell aplasia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 60149090144     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70017-6     Document Type: Article

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