Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with IgM warm autoantibodies directed against determinants on or associated with glycophorin A

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-130

  Garratty, G ^a   Arndt, P ^a   Domen, R ^b   Clarke, A ^b   Sutphen Shaw, D ^c   Clear, J ^d   Groncy, P ^d  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b Miller Memorial Blood Center   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; GLYCOPHORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0031025397     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.7220124.x     Document Type: Article

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