Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in an infant with giant cell hepatitis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-201

  Kashyap, Rajesh ^a,b   Sarangi, J N ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Giant cell hepatitis; Hemolytic anemia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GIANT CELL HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; GIANT CELLS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 33644500449     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20414     Document Type: Article

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