Decreased hemolysis following administration of antioxidant-fermented papaya preparation (FPP) to a patient with PNH

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-430

  Ghoti, Hussam ^a   Rosenbaum, Hanna ^b   Fibach, Eitan ^c   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer A ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DANAZOL; FERMENTED PAPAYA PREPARATION; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPLASIA; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; PAPAYA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARICA; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 77649290595     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0821-8     Document Type: Letter

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