Cut-off value of red-blood-cell-bound IgG for the diagnosis of Coombs-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Kamesaki, Toyomi ^a   Oyamada, Takashi ^a   Omine, Mitsuhiro ^b   Ozawa, Keiya ^a   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RED BLOOD CELL BOUND IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTIFACTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949097386     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21336     Document Type: Article

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