PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - ter Borg, E J
AU  - Kallenberg, C G
TI  - Treatment of severe thrombocytopenia in systemic lupus erythematosus with intravenous gammaglobulin.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.51.10.1149
DP  - 1992 Oct 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 1149--1151
VI  - 51
IP  - 10
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/51/10/1149.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/51/10/1149.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1992 Oct 01; 51
AB  - Three patients with lupus with severe auto-immune thrombocytopenia were treated with high doses of intravenous gammaglobulin. In the patient with active disease a prolonged but partial response with respect to platelet counts was observed. In the two other patients who had no disease activity other than thrombocytopenia at the time of intravenous gammaglobulin treatment a minor (and only transient) increase in platelet counts was seen after treatment. No change in the state of disease activity nor in the levels of antinuclear antibodies, circulating immune complexes, nor complement C3/4 was observed in these three patients after treatment with intravenous gammaglobulin.