Open AccessMultiple Autoimmune Diseases after Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation
Author(s) -
Toshiyuki Bohgaki,
Tatsuya Atsumi,
Takao Koike
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmc076383
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , multiple sclerosis , stem cell , autoimmune disease , disease , autologous stem cell transplantation , immunology , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics
The authors report on a 19-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis who underwent CD34+-selected autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in March 2001. The dermal sclerosis improved immediately after transplantation, but thrombocytopenia and Graves' disease developed.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom