Short-term efficacy and safety of antithymocyte globulin treatment in elderly patients with acquired aplastic anaemia

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
² Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Haematology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Haematology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Haematology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Haematology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Comment

Jennifer M-L Tjon et al. Br J Haematol. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;180(3):459-462.

doi: 10.1111/bjh.14372. Epub 2016 Oct 7.

¹ Department of Haematology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
² Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Haematology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Haematology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Haematology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Haematology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Haematology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: ATGAM; Antithymocyte globulin; Aplastic anaemia; Elderly; Toxicity.

Comment on

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of adult aplastic anaemia.
Killick SB, Bown N, Cavenagh J, Dokal I, Foukaneli T, Hill A, Hillmen P, Ireland R, Kulasekararaj A, Mufti G, Snowden JA, Samarasinghe S, Wood A, Marsh JC; British Society for Standards in Haematology. Killick SB, et al. Br J Haematol. 2016 Jan;172(2):187-207. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13853. Epub 2015 Nov 16. Br J Haematol. 2016. PMID: 26568159 No abstract available.