A rare case of an acquired inhibitor to factor IX

Haemophilia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 712-713

  Krishnamurthy, P ^a   Hawche, C ^b   Evans, G ^b   Winter, M ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTOR INHIBITORS; FACTOR IX; FACTOR VIIA; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959529619     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2010.02457.x     Document Type: Letter

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