Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Treatments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Age (years) | Sex | Platelets (×109/l) | Months since diagnosis | Months since splenectomy | Prior | Current |
| Responders | |||||||
| 1 | 61 | F | 198 | 24 | 22 | Pr, IVIg | None |
| 2 | 31 | F | 383 | 201 | 177 | Pr, IVIg | None |
| 3 | 47 | M | 64 | 142 | 23 | Pr, IVIg, dan, anti-D, CSA, Vcr | None |
| 4 | 33 | F | 399 | 202 | 198 | Pr, IVIg | None |
| 5 | 22 | F | 209 | 95 | 83 | Pr, IVIg, MPr | None |
| 6 | 35 | F | 331 | 226 | 213 | Pr, IVIg, anti-D | None |
| Non-responders | |||||||
| 7 | 29 | F | 13 | 56 | 44 | Pr, IVIg | IVIg |
| 8 | 53 | F | 21 | 225 | 211 | Pr, IVIg, Vcr | None |
| 9 | 43 | F | 7 | 187 | 178 | Pr, IVIg, dan, CSA, Vcr | Pr |
| 10 | 38 | F | 6 | 10 | 7 | Pr, IVIg, dan, anti-D, Vcr, cytox | IVIg |
| 11 | 34 | F | 13 | 52 | 48 | Pr, IVIg, dan, anti-D, Vcr | IVIg |
| 12 | 54 | F | 5 | 58 | 55 | Pr, IVIg, dan, anti-D, Vcr | IVIg |
Pr = prednisone; IVIg = intravenous immune globulin; dan = danazol; CSA = cyclosporine; Vcr = vincristine; cytox = oral cyclophosphamide; MPr = methylprednisolone.