Intravenous immune globulin in neonatal immune hemolytic disease: Does it reduce hemolysis?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1351-1353

  Hammerman, C ^a,c   Vreman, H J ^b   Kaplan, M ^a   Stevenson, D K ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ABO incompatibility; Carboxyhemoglobin; Coombs' positive hemolytic anemia; Hemolysis; IVIG; Neonatal immune hemolytic disease; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAUNDICE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029829350     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13924.x     Document Type: Article

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