CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC PURE RED-CELL APLASIA - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AND DURABLE RESPONSE TO INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN

Authors
MANT MJ
Citation
Mj. Mant, CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC PURE RED-CELL APLASIA - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AND DURABLE RESPONSE TO INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN, Journal of internal medicine, 236(5), 1994, pp. 593-595
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546820
Volume
236
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
593 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6820(1994)236:5<593:CIPRA->2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A patient with chronic idiopathic pure red cell hypoplasia responded t o intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. No other treatment was administe red. During treatment, the patient was taken through two pregnancies w ithout haematological problems. After 22 months of therapy, the intrav enous immunoglobulin was discontinued; a durable remission was subsequ ently maintained. Intravenous immunoglobulin may be the treatment of c hoice for females of child-bearing potential.