...Li Wang; Dong-Dong Wang; Rui-Ying Jiao; Chang-Xun Liu; Yan-Qiu Hou; Hui Qin; Hong-Jie He Objective: This study aimed to detect the association between P-selectin autoantibody positive and response to steroid treatment in newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients. Methods: The data from...

.... In general, steroids are considered the frontline treatment while anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclosporine are reported to be effective in scattered reports. We report a case of AAMT which was successfully treated with azathioprine 3 mg/kg/day. The clinical bleeding tendency resolved after treatment for 4...

... to steroids, and runs a platelet count less than 100,000 μl for more than 1 year, with a tendency for later spontaneous elevation in platelet counts during the first few years of a long follow-up. The intermediate form shows a transient steroid-induced complete remission giving place to widely fluctuating...

..., Université Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia Key Words. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Splenectomy Steroids T lymphocytes Abstract. The modifications of cell-mediated immunity in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were investigated using the technique of Moretta et al. exp. Med. 151: 969...

...Vincent S. Gallicchio; Michael G. Chen; Thomas D. Watts The ability of the anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate (ND) to increase megakaryocytopoiesis (MP) and the hematopoietic-inductive microenvironment (HIM) after sublethal irradiation was evaluated. Immediately after receiving whole body...

... relapse was well controlled by low doses of steroids alone, and the patient’s condition stabilized. Considering the recent data that corticosteroids can induce apoptosis of CLL cells, the above clinical course suggests that augmented glucocorticoid production from the tumor may have suppressed disease...

...) and steroids. Nine patients (82%) achieved complete remission (CR) after a median of 6 rounds of PE (range 2–22). There were 3 early relapses managed in the same way as the initial episode. One patient relapsed 23 months after diagnosis achieving CR with standard therapy; another patient suffered several...

... be evaluated in thrombocytopenic patients with HCV infection who do not present hypersplenism. These patients could benefit from steroid treatment. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with multiple clinical and biological autoimmune manifestations [ 1, 2, 3 ]. In this sense, an autoimmune...