title: Autoimmune neutropenia after unrelated bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: A 26-year-old male with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia, recipient of an HLA-compatible marrow from a matched unrelated donor, showed good platelet engraftment coupled with poor neutrophil recovery. On day +33 the presence of surface-bound anti-neutrophil antibodies was detected by immunofluorescence. At variance with previously reported cases, the WBC count improved without any specific treatment, and the test became negative on day +42.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ematologia L. e A. Seràgnoli, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bandini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tazzari
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raspadori
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Cirio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors