Hemophilia
"Successful Treatment of Acquired Hemophilia with Oral Immunosuppressive Therapy."
Published in Blood Weekly, September 22nd, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine, "Background: Acquired autoantibodies to factor VIII in patients without hemophilia are rare, but they cause severe illness and death if not eradicated. Objective: To examine daily therapy with oral cyclophosphamide and prednisone for acquired hemophilia. Design: Case series. Setting: Academic medical center. Patients: Nine consecutive patients without hemophilia who had severe hemorrhage caused by high titers of factor VIII inhibitors. Interventions: Daily oral cyclophosphamide and prednisone. Coagulation factors were used only for bleeding....
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Source: Blood Weekly (1997-09-22)
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