Megadose methylprednisolone for diamond-blackfan anemia
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Oral megadose methylprednisolone for Diamond-Blackfan anemia.
I have read the report of Olivieri et al’ in the May 1, 1994 issue of BLOOD. Although the investigators stated that “in standard practice, treatment options are limited to two: steroid therapy or RBC transfusions,” they ignore our very good results obtained with megadose methylprednisolone (MDMP; initial dose 30 to 100 mgkg/d for 3 days followed progressive halving of the dose every 4 to 7 days...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hematology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0361-8609,1096-8652
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830420317