Comparative response to splenectomy in Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia with or without associated disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-102

  Akpek, Gorgun ^a,b   McAneny, David ^a   Weintraub, Lewis ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolytic anemia; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033014306     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199906)61:2<98::AID-AJH4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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