Intensive plasma exchange for severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a four-month-old infant

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 190-192

  McCarthy, Leo J ^a   Danielson, Constance F M ^a   Fernandez, Christine ^a   Skipworth, Elaine ^a   Limiac, C Alvin ^a   Prahlow, Timothy ^a   Goldman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium gluconate; Cytomegalovirus; Hemolytic anemia; Plasma exchange; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HUMAN ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCOAGULANT;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SIGMOID DISEASES; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0033384552     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1999)14:4<190::AID-JCA8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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