Direct antiglobulin test negative autoimmune haemolytic anaemia associated with fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab therapy [2]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 622-623

  Garratty, George ^a   Petz, Lawrence D ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b StemCyte   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; Direct antiglobulin test; Fludarabine; Leukaemia; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RITUXIMAB;

AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COOMBS TEST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; VIDARABINE;

EID: 35748937609     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06848.x     Document Type: Letter

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