Treatment of refractory aplastic anemia with plasmapheresis: report of a case in childhood with review of the literature

Treatment of aplastic anemia may raise considerable problems in some patients. This report concerns a boy whose illness started at 11 years of age. At first admission laboratory data were: hemoglobin 7.5 g/l, and counts of leucocytes, neutrophils and platelets were 2.3, 0.6, and 8 x 10(9)/l, respect...

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Published in:	Pediatric hematology and oncology Vol. 7; no. 3; p. 285
Main Authors:	Austgulen, R, Moe, P J, Jørstad, S, Widerøe, T E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 1990
Subjects:	Anabolic Agents - therapeutic use Anemia, Aplastic - diagnosis Anemia, Aplastic - therapy Antilymphocyte Serum - therapeutic use Blood Cell Count Child Cyclosporins - therapeutic use Erythropoietin - biosynthesis Hemoglobins - biosynthesis Humans Immunotherapy Male Plasmapheresis Prednisone - therapeutic use Remission, Spontaneous
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