Acute Lung Injury during Antithymocyte Globulin Therapy for Aplastic Anemia

The case of a 33-year-old man with aplastic anemia who experienced recurrent episodes of hypoxemia and pulmonary infiltrates during infusions of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is described. With the use of high-dose corticosteroids, the patient’s original episodes resolved, and were subsequently preve...

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Main Authors: Ewan Christopher Goligher, Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, Meyer Balter, Vikas Gupta, Joseph E Brandwein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/190313
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