Article
Correlation of response of aplastic anemia patients to antilymphocyte globulin with in vitro lymphocyte stimulatory effect: predictive value of in vitro test for clinical response.
Blood - 15 May 1991
Abe T, Matsuoka H, Kojima S, Kamachi Y, Tsuge I, Kodera Y, Matsuyama T
Abstract excerpt
Therapy with antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) has been shown to be effective in restoring hematopoiesis to some patients with aplastic anemia. It would be useful to have a method for predicting those likely to be responders versus nonresponders. The mode of immunostimulatory action of ALG is of interest in addition to its immunosuppressive action. We examined in vitro the distribution of the proliferative responses...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anemia, Aplastic
- Antilymphocyte Serum
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
