Azathioprine-induced megaloblastic anemia with pancytopenia 22 years after living-related renal transplantation

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-102

  Kim, Chol Jang ^a   Park, Kyun Il ^a   Inoue, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshida, Tetsuya ^a   Yoshiki, Tatsuhiro ^a   Tomoyoshi, Tadao ^a   Abe, Hajime ^a   Kodama, Masashi ^a   Sako, Hirotaka ^b   Nakane, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Oumihachiman General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; FK506; Megaloblastic anemia; Pancytopenia; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CONTUSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

EID: 6844258854     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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