A persistent severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia despite apparent direct antiglobulin test negativization

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1043-1045

  Biagi, Ettore ^a   Assali, Giorgio ^b   Rossi, Fabio ^b   Jankovic, Momcilo ^a   Nicolini, Barbara ^a   Balduzzi, Adriana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Direct antiglobulin test

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; REMISSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; COOMBS' TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 0032758418     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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