Mixed-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia: Differential diagnosis and a critical review of reported cases

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2229-2234

  Mayer, Beate ^a   Yürek, Salih ^a   Kiesewetter, Holger ^a   Salama, Abdulgabar ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COLD AGGLUTININ; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS;

EID: 52949110135     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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