Aplastic anaemia with a trilineage response to erythropoietin therapy.
An 89-year-old man with a severe aplastic anaemia is described. The patient was proven to be cortico-steroid and cyclosporin resistant, but had a trilineage response during subsequent treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin.
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Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D001792:Blood Platelets; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male
D006454:Hemoglobins; D004921:Erythropoietin