Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in India: Clinico-hematological spectrum of 79 cases

Hematology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Naithani, Rahul ^a   Agrawal, Neerja ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Pati, H ^a   Kumar, Rajat ^a   Choudhary, V P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

AIHA; Coomb's test; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHEROCYTOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644826749     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330500345587     Document Type: Article

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