Mixed-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia following fludarabine treatment in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small cell lymphoma

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-126

  Vick, Dan J ^a,b   Byrd, John C ^b   Beal, Connie L ^a   Chaffin, Donald J ^a  

^a Area Laboratory Services   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, SMALL-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE; VIDARABINE;

EID: 0031973111     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030917     Document Type: Article

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