Summary
The case of a 55 year-old patient with ovarian carcinoma (stage IIb) is described in whom an ITP-like syndrome developed in coincidence with a high-dose cyclophosphamide therapy successfully treated by high-dose intravenous gamma glubulin.
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Mueller-Eckhardt, C., Küenzlen, E., Kiefel, V. et al. Cyclophosphamide-induced immune thrombocytopenia in a patient with ovarian carcinoma successfully treated with intravenous gamma globulin. Blut 46, 165–169 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320276
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320276