TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of rheumatoid arthritis following autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
AU - Imamura, R.
AU - Inoue, H.
AU - Kato, K.
AU - Kobayashi, S.
AU - Tsukamoto, H.
AU - Nagafuji, K.
AU - Shimoda, K.
AU - Nakashima, H.
AU - Otsuka, T.
AU - Gondo, H.
AU - Harada, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - A 51-year-old man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) was treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). Although he had HLA-DRB1 0405 and a positive rheumatoid factor, he was unlikely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to diagnostic criteria. However, the patient developed RA 40 days after transplantation. Our experience suggests that the systemic autoimmune disease, RA, may occur in patients with predisposing factors after autologous PBSCT.
AB - A 51-year-old man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) was treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). Although he had HLA-DRB1 0405 and a positive rheumatoid factor, he was unlikely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to diagnostic criteria. However, the patient developed RA 40 days after transplantation. Our experience suggests that the systemic autoimmune disease, RA, may occur in patients with predisposing factors after autologous PBSCT.
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703664
DO - 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703664
M3 - Article
C2 - 12379893
AN - SCOPUS:0036809109
SN - 0268-3369
VL - 30
SP - 527
EP - 529
JO - Bone Marrow Transplantation
JF - Bone Marrow Transplantation
IS - 8
ER -