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[Effect of thymus extract TFX (Polfa) on hemoglobin level and peripheral blood erythrocyte count]
1Z Zespołu Reumatologicznego Instytutu Medycyny Wewnetrznej AM w Lodzi.
Polski Tygodnik Lekarski (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|June 4, 1990
Abstract:
Calf thymus preparation (TFX-Polfa) was administered + to 25 patients with classic rheumatoid arthritis in the II and III phase of the disease. Only patients not tolerating gold or D-penicillamine because of allergy or other complications, were included into the study. TFX was administered in a daily dose of 10 mg TFX protein i.m. for 60 consecutive days, followed by the treatment in outpatient clinic for successive++ 10 months. Statistically significant increase in the hemoglobin concentration and erythrocyte counts was produced by both a 2-month intensive treatment and a 12-month of therapy with TFX.