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Idiopathic severe aplastic anemia with a delayed response to immunosuppressive therapy: a case report.

Nujood Abdulwahed AlzahraniNshwa AshorTraji FathiDania BukhariGalila Zaher
Published in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Bone marrow transplantation is the definitive treatment of severe aplastic anemia; however, with the absence of this option, combined immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine A is used as a first-line therapy. This case report highlights the possible delay in response to ATG protocol in treating aplastic anemia.
Keyphrases
  • bone marrow
  • chronic kidney disease
  • case report
  • allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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  • early onset
  • stem cells
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  • radiation therapy
  • drug induced