title: [In the treatment of hematopoietic disease with glucocorticosteroids].
abstract: Although glucocorticosteroids are widely used, many indications for their use are controversial, and we have an incomplete understanding of their mechanismus of action. Glucocorticosteroids are commonly employed as primary cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of hematopoietic disease with alone and combination chemotherapy such as leukemias, lymphomas, myeloma, acquired hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia, granulocytopenia, idiopatic thrombocytopenic purpura, nonthrombopenic purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narabayashi
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids