Marlene, thank you for giving it a name for me! I had never heard of doing that for AA. I was only given the option of ATG or bone marrow transplant (would have been unrelated donor, which at the time was considered to have a very iffy success rate) when I was dealing with my SAA. When we thought the ATG wasn't working, my dr. told me that if he could just get me to live 5 more years, my options of treatment wouldn't be quite as grim. Now, reading and talking with drs. today, I have to say that he was right. 
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Angie
36 yr. old, dx SAA in Jan 1996, treated with ATG in Mar. 1996, off cyclosporine Sept. 1996, last blood transfusion in Aug. 1997, slow decline in counts again November 2010, AA and current count decline thought to be caused by lupus, currently taking 400mg Plaquinil
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