Abstract

Aims: We retrospectively analyzed viral infections during CD34+ cells autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) for the treatment of refractory autoimmune diseases (AD). Materials and Methods: 9 cases of systemic sclerosis (SSc) with interstitial pneumonia(IP),1 case of amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) with IP, 1 case of Wegener granulomatosis (WG) with exophthalmous. Except one SSc patient No. 9, all patients had been treated with steroid, and were administered with steroid during peri-transplant period.

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