Antibody-mediated acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) after treatment with darbepoetin

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 May;22(5):1462-4. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfl727. Epub 2007 Feb 21.

Authors

Rebecca Howman¹, Hemant Kulkarni

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haemotology, Fremantle Hospital, 2 Alma Street, Fremantle, Western Australia 6160.

PMID: 17314208
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl727

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia / drug therapy
Anemia / etiology
Antibodies / adverse effects*
Antibodies / immunology
Chronic Disease
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Darbepoetin alfa
Erythropoietin / adverse effects
Erythropoietin / analogs & derivatives*
Erythropoietin / immunology
Erythropoietin / therapeutic use
Fatal Outcome
Hematinics / adverse effects*
Hematinics / immunology
Hematinics / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Kidney Diseases / complications
Male
Opportunistic Infections / etiology
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / chemically induced*
Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / immunology

Substances

Antibodies
Hematinics
Immunosuppressive Agents
Erythropoietin
Darbepoetin alfa
Cyclophosphamide
Prednisolone