Familial Evans syndrome: A report of an affected sibship

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 244-247

  McLeod, Anne G ^a   Pai, Mohan ^b   Carter, Ronald F ^b   Squire, Jeremy ^c   Barr, Ronald D ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome 15 rearrangement; Corticosteroids; Cyclop hosphamide; Evans syndrome; Familial; Gammaglobulin; Splenectomy; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033497267     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199905000-00015     Document Type: Article

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