LONG-TERM CORRECTION OF NEUTROPENIA IN FELTYS SYNDROME WITH GRANULOCYTE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

被引:16
作者
WANDT, H
SEIFERT, M
FALGE, C
GALLMEIER, WM
机构
[1] 5. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Nürnberg, Institut für medizinische Onkologie und Hämatologie, Nürnberg 90, W-8500
关键词
G-CSF; NEUTROPENIA; FELTYS SYNDROME;
D O I
10.1007/BF01738478
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Neutropenia in Felty's Syndrome predisposes patients to recurrent bacterial infections. We have treated a patient for more than one year with G-CSF and ascertained that this growth factor can savely correct neutropenia over a long periode of time. G-CSF may constitute a new agent for the treatment and prophylaxis of infection in Felty's syndrome.
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页码:265 / 266
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