Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for systemic sclerosis improves anemia from gastric antral vascular ectasia

J Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;42(3):554-5. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141234.

Authors

Abir Bhattacharyya¹, Joanne Sahhar², Sam Milliken³, David Ma³, Helen Englert⁴, Kathleen Tymms⁵, Mark Danta⁶, John Moore⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; abir123@gmail.com.
² Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Clayton;
³ Department of Haematology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney;
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead;
⁵ Canberra Rheumatology, Canberra;
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology;
⁷ Department of Haematology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 25729047
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141234

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia / complications
Anemia / therapy*
Female
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / complications
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / therapy*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Humans
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications
Scleroderma, Systemic / therapy*
Treatment Outcome