Severe IgA-mediated auto-immune haemolytic anaemia in a 48-yr-old woman

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-63

  Bardill, B ^a   Mengis, Catherine ^a,b   Tschopp, M ^a   Wuillemin, W A ^a  

^a Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Division of Haematology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auto immune haemolytic anaemia; IgA antibodies; Monospecific DAT

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COOMBS TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; COOMBS' TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0037258076     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.02846.x     Document Type: Article

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