Mar
2002
Effective hemostasis with rFVIIa treatment in two patients with severe thrombocytopenia and life-threatening hemorrhage.
Am J Hematol 2002;69(3):219-222.
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Review by : M. Aldouri
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This article reports 2 patients with severe thrombocytopenia and severe hemorrhage which did not respond to standard therapy and platelet transfusion, but responded quickly to administration of a single dose of rFVIIa. The first patient had Waldenstoms macroglobulinemia and immune thrombocytopenia, and the second one had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. No adverse effects for rFVIIa were reported.
– M. Aldouri.