Abstract
A 47-year-old female developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune neutropenia, and autoimmune thrombocytopenia 19 months following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids resulted in marked improvement in all three cell lines.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy
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Autoimmune Diseases / etiology*
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Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
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Bone Marrow Transplantation / immunology
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Female
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Host vs Graft Reaction*
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Humans
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / immunology
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / surgery*
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Middle Aged
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Pancytopenia / drug therapy
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Pancytopenia / etiology*
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology
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Prednisone / therapeutic use
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Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects
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Transplantation, Homologous / immunology