Development of mixed-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia and Evans' syndrome following chicken pox infection in a case of low-titer cold agglutinin disease

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-223

  Tanaka, Yumi ^a   Masuya, Masahiro ^a   Katayama, Naoyuki ^b   Miyata, Eri ^b   Sugimoto, Yuka ^b   Shibasaki, Tetsunori ^b   Yamamura, Kentaro ^b   Ohishi, Kohshi ^b   Minami, Nobuyuki ^c   Shiku, Hiroshi ^b   Nobori, Tsutomu ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Ichishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken pox infection; Evans' syndrome; Low titer cold agglutinin disease; Mixed type autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLD AGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LOW TITER COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDNISOLONE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 33750292452     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06046     Document Type: Article

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