Clinically significant autoimmune hemolytic anemia with a negative direct antiglobulin test by routine tube test and positive by column agglutination method

Immunohematology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 109-113

  Lai, Marco ^a   Rumi, Carlo ^b   D'Onofrio, Giuseppe ^b   Voso, Maria Teresa ^c   Leone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b National Blood Transfusion Center   (Italy)

^c Institute of Hematology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Column agglutination method; Direct antiglobulin test; Low affinity antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036451975     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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