Plasma exchanges do not increase red blood cell transfusion efficiency in severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia: A retrospective case-control study

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-206

  Ruivard, Marc ^a,b   Tournilhac, Olivier ^a   Montel, Stéphanie ^a   Fouilhoux, Alain Charles ^a   Quainon, Fabienne ^a   Lénat, Alain ^a   Travede, Philippe ^a   Philippe, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA); Plasma exchanges; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247118449     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20096     Document Type: Article

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