Table 3

Secondary autoimmune neutropenias

Type of disorder

Disease

Ref.


Systemic autoimmune diseases

PBC

[23]

Sjögren's syndrome

[24]

SS

[25]

SLE

[26]

RA

[27]

Infectious diseases

Helicobacter pylori

[28]

HIV

[29]

Parvovirus B19

[30]

Tumor

Wilms tumor

[31]

Hodgkin's disease

[32]

Neurological diseases

MS

[33]

Transplantation

Stem cell

[34]

BMT

[35]

Kidney

[36,37]

Drugs

Fludarabine

[38]

Propylthiouracil

[39]

Rituximab

[40]


BMT, bone marrow transplantation; MS, multiple sclerosis; PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SS, systemic sclerosis.

Capsoni et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005 7:208   doi:10.1186/ar1803