Acquired pure red cell aplasia characterized by selective failure of erythropoiesis was seen in a 37-yr-old female patient with a diagnosis of chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL). Though different immunosuppressive therapies have been tried in the past with variable response, there has been no case rep
Cyclosporin therapy for pure red cell aplasia in patients with chronic lymphocytlc leukemia
โ Scribed by M. Sivakumaran; M. Bhavnani
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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