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Impact of antithymocyte globulin on blood cyclosporin A levels in aplastic anemia patients

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

AA:

Aplastic anemia

CsA:

Cyclosporin A

ACMIA:

Antibody-conjugated magnetic immunoassay

ATG:

Antithymocyte globulin

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  1. Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University Hospital, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-Machi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan

    Yuya Futagi, Tsutomu Shimada & Yoshimichi Sai

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Healthcare Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-Machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan

    Yukio Suga

  3. Department of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-Machi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan

    Tsutomu Shimada & Yoshimichi Sai

  4. AI Hospital/Macro Signal Dynamics Research and Development Center, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-Machi, Kanazawa, 920-8640, Japan

    Yoshimichi Sai

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Contributions

YF designed the study, collected and analyzed data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Y Suga conceived and designed the study and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. TS and Y Sai supervised the project and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Futagi, Y., Suga, Y., Shimada, T. et al. Impact of antithymocyte globulin on blood cyclosporin A levels in aplastic anemia patients. Ann Hematol 102, 463–465 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-022-05063-8

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