Successful preoperative treatment of a Graves' disease patient with agranulocytosis and hemophagocytosis using double filtration plasmapheresis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-161

  Lew, Wei Han ^a   Chang, Chun Jen ^a   Lin, Jiunn Diann ^a   Cheng, Chung Yi ^a   Chen, Yin Kai ^a   Lee, Ting I ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

agranulocytosis; Graves' disease; hemophagocytosis; plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; METHIMAZOLE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052098916     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20282     Document Type: Article

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