Corticosteroid treatment of pure red cell aplasia in a patient with hepatitis a

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-63

  Yoon, Young Kyung ^a   Park, Dae Won ^a   Sohn, Jang Wook ^a   Kim, Min Ja ^a   Kim, Insun ^b   Nam, Myung Hyun ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Corticosteroid; Hemolytic anemia; Hepatitis A; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCAGON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INSULIN; LIPOPROSTAGLANDIN E1; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE MARROW; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; PREDNISONE; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861334912     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337342     Document Type: Article

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