Clinical course of autoimmune hemolytic anemia: An observational study

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-62

  Oliveira, Maria Christina L A ^a,c   Oliveira, Benigna M ^a   Murao, Mitiko ^a   Vieira, Zilma Maria ^b   Gresta, Letícia T ^a   Viana, Marcos B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO HEMOMINAS   (Brazil)

^c Fundação Hemominas Serviço de Imunologia Hematologia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Coombs test

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 33645983343     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1438     Document Type: Article

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