Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in allergic granulomatous angitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome)

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Kojima, Kensuke ^a   Omoto, Eijiro ^a   Katayama, Yoshio ^a   Uno, Masatoshi ^a   Takada, Ichiro ^a   Kimura, Goro ^a   Kanehiro, Arihiko ^a   Tada, Shinya ^a   Hayashi, Kyoichi ^a   Kimura, Ikuro ^a   Sanada, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Mine ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

eosinophil; eosinophil cationic protein; IL 4; IL 5; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

EID: 13344277360     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5710(95)00427-0     Document Type: Article

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