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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Acquired haemophilia A complicating alemtuzumab therapy for multiple sclerosis.

Georgia McCaughan, Jennifer Massey, Ian Sutton, Jennifer Curnow

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Georgia McCaughanHaematology Department, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jennifer MasseyNeurology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian SuttonNeurology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jennifer CurnowHaematology Department, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Westmead Hospital · AUSt Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alemtuzumab is a highly efficacious therapy used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), but uncoupling of T and B cell repopulation during immune reconstitution associates with an increasing range of secondary B cell-mediated autoimmune complications. A 34-year-old woman developed Graves' disease 11 months following an initial course of alemtuzumab treatment for MS. Nine months following the second treatment with alemtuzumab, the patient presented with spontaneous intramuscular and subcutaneous haemorrhage due to development of an inhibitory autoantibody to coagulation factor VIII. Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is an extremely rare complication in patients treated with alemtuzumab. Treatment with rituximab may induce a rapid remission of AHA; however, the patient's high John Cunningham virus (JCV) antibody index and alemtuzumab-induced T cell lymphopenia may lead to an increased risk of progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy, a potential complication which was unacceptable to the patient.

Indexed as

AdultAlemtuzumabAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalDiagnosis, DifferentialEcchymosisFemaleHemophilia AHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple SclerosisAlemtuzumabAntineoplastic Agents, Immunologicalcontraindications and precautionshaematology (incl blood transfusion)multiple sclerosisneurology (drugs and medicines)

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PMID29212866
PMCPMC5728240
OpenAlexW2771634119

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