Long-term corticosteroid therapy of idiopathic aplastic anemia

The results of a long-term corticosteroid therapy performed in 55 patients with idiopathic aplastic anemia are reported. Of these patients, cure was attained in 20 patients, remission in 5, and improvement in 10. The duration of the treatment of cured cases ranged from 138 to 1109 days with a median of 522 days. The results were much better than those with other treatments conventionally performed. However, necessity of paying attention to side-effects was pointed out.