References
Masaki Y, Kawabata H, Fujimoto S, Kawano M, Iwaki N, Kotani T, et al. Epidemiological analysis of multicentric and unicentric Castleman disease and TAFRO syndrome in Japan. J Clin Exp Hematop. 2019 (in press)
Iwaki N, Fajgenbaum DC, Nabel CS, Gion Y, Kondo E, Kawano M, et al. Clinicopathologic analysis of TAFRO syndrome demonstrates a distinct subtype of HHV-8-negative multicentric Castleman disease. Am J Hematol. 2016;91:220–6.
Fujimoto S, Sakai T, Kawabata H, Kurose N, Yamada S, Takai K, et al. Is TAFRO syndrome a subtype of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease? Am J Hematol. 2019;94:975–83.
Masaki Y, Kawabata H, Takai K, Kojima M, Tsukamoto N, Ishigaki Y, et al. Proposed diagnostic criteria, disease severity classification and treatment strategy for TAFRO syndrome, 2015 version. Int J Hematol. 2016;103(6):686–92.
Funding
This study was supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan (H29 Nanchi, etc. (Nan)-General-019, H27-28 Nanchi, etc. (Nan)-General-002 and -008), and by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Grant No.17591060 and 15K09510), the Kanazawa Medical University Research Foundation (Grant Nos. S2004-16 and S2007-5), Grant for Assist KAKEN from Kanazawa Medical University (Grant No. K2011-7), Grant for Project Research from High-Tech Research Center of Kanazawa Medical University (Grant No. H2011-11) and Grant for Alumni Research(A) from Kanazawa Medical University (AR2012-06).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Consortia
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Conflict of interest
YM has received research grants from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Astellas Pharma, Eisai Pharma, Ono Pharma, Pfizer Pharma, Asahi Kasei Pharma, MSD Pharma, Daiichi-Sankyo Pharma, Taisho Pharma, Taiho Pharma, Takeda Pharma, Chugai Pharma, Teijin Pharma, Nippon Kayaku, and Mochida Pharma, outside the submitted work. All other authors have no conflicts of interest.
Additional information
Publisher's Note
Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
About this article
Cite this article
Masaki, Y., Kawabata, H., Takai, K. et al. 2019 Updated diagnostic criteria and disease severity classification for TAFRO syndrome. Int J Hematol 111, 155–158 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-019-02780-1
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-019-02780-1