A life-threatening case of TAFRO syndrome with dramatic response to tocilizumab, rituximab, and pulse steroids: The first case report in Latin America

RATIONALE: This is the report of the first case of TAFRO syndrome (Thrombocytopenia, Anasarca, myelofibrosis, Renal dysfunction, Organomegaly) in Latin America. PATIENT CONCERNS: The patient was a 61-year-old white woman of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, who presented with a history of 8 days of nausea,...

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Autores principales: José, Fabio Freire, Kerbauy, Lucila Nassif, Perini, Guilherme Fleury, Blumenschein, Danielle Isadora, Pasqualin, Denise da Cunha, Malheiros, Denise Maria Avancini Costa, Campos Neto, Guilherme de Carvalho, de Souza Santos, Fabio Pires, Piovesan, Ronaldo, Hamerschlak, Nelson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006271

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