EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS GAMMA-GLOBULIN THERAPY IN ACQUIRED VON WILLEBRANDS DISEASE

Authors
VANGENDEREN PJJ MICHIELS JJ BAKKER JJ VANTVEER MB
Citation
Pjj. Vangenderen et al., EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS GAMMA-GLOBULIN THERAPY IN ACQUIRED VON WILLEBRANDS DISEASE, Vox sanguinis, 67(1), 1994, pp. 14-17
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Vox sanguinis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00429007
Volume
67
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
14 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-9007(1994)67:1<14:EOHIGT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
An 82-year-old patient with acquired von Willebrand's disease in assoc iation with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a benign IgG(lambda) monoclonal paraproteinaemia is described with severe recurring nasopharyngeal bl eedings, who responded poorly to desmopressin (DDAVP) and factor VIII/ von Willebrand factor concentrates but was successfully treated with h igh-dose intravenous gamma-globulin therapy.