ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA IN A PATIENT WITH RHE UMATOID-ARTHRITIS - BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNE GLOBULIN

Authors
STRUILLOU L FIKSSIGAUD M BARRIER JH BLAT E MAGADURJOLY G
Citation
L. Struillou et al., ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA IN A PATIENT WITH RHE UMATOID-ARTHRITIS - BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNE GLOBULIN, Revue du rhumatisme, 60(7-8), 1993, pp. 524-526
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Revue du rhumatisme → ACNP
ISSN journal
11698446
Volume
60
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
524 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
1169-8446(1993)60:7-8<524:AHIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The authors report an exceedingly rare complication of rheumatoid arth ritis, i.e. acquired hemophilia due to anti-factor VIII autoantibody p roduction. Treatment with intravenous immune globulin ensured control of hemorrhagic manifestations by inducing a transient rise in factor V III level.