Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐Related Thrombocytopenia with Intravenous Anti‐Rhesus D Immunoglobulin
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Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-related thrombocytopenia with intravenous anti-rhesus D immunoglobulin.
SIR-The recent paper by Glatt and Anand [1] provides an excellent, comprehensive review of the natural history and treatment options with regard to HIV-related thrombocytopenia. We wish to discuss the efficacy of therapy with intravenous anti-rhesus D (Rho[D]) immunoglobulin in this setting. Glatt and Anand state that the drawbacks to intravenous anti-RHo(D) include lack of experience with its ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/516903