Graves disease following rabbit antithymocyte globulin treatment of severe aplastic anemia in a Korean child

• मुख्य लेखकों: In Su Choi (लेखक), Han Kyul Kim (लेखक), Dong Kyun Han (लेखक), Hee Jo Baek (लेखक), Hae In Jang (लेखक), Chan Jong Kim (लेखक), Hoon Kook (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Korean Pediatric Society, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is used as an immunosuppressive treatment (IST) to deplete clonal suppressor T cells in patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). The depletion of suppressor T cells by ATG may affect the activation of B cells, which results in an increased risk for autoimmune conditio...