Failure of repeated courses of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin to induce stable remission in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Annals of Hematology - Tập 70 - Trang 89-90 - 1995
C. Schiavotto1, M. Ruggeri1, F. Rodeghiero1
1Department of Hematology, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

Tóm tắt

Repeated courses of HD IVIg are reported to induce stable remission in a significant proportion of adults with chronic refractory ITP. We have treated 14 such patients obtaining a remission rate quite comparable to the 5–10% of spontaneous remission.

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