Is a reduced intensity treatment with Rituximab effective in acquired haemophilia A?

Haemophilia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 817-818

  Castaman, G ^a   Tosetto, A ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; ILIOPSOAS HEMATOMA; LETTER; LIMB DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; STEROID THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTOR INHIBITORS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052034462     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2011.02503.x     Document Type: Letter

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