Abstract
We describe a patient with Felty's syndrome and chronic renal failure due to secondary amyloidosis in a periodic haemodialysis programme, who was successfully treated for neutropenia with sequential administration of colony-stimulating factors: granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Comparative Study
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Amyloidosis / complications
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Felty Syndrome / complications*
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use*
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use*
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Humans
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Kidney Diseases / complications
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neutropenia / drug therapy*
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Renal Dialysis*
Substances
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor