Warm-antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia developing after thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 154-156

  Morgensztern, Daniel ^a   Kharfan Dabaja, Mohamed A ^a   Tsai, Han Mou ^b   Lian, Eric C Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Evans' syndrome; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0036422743     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064706     Document Type: Article

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