A life-threatening paediatric case of acute autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) successfully cured by plasma-exchange and combined immunosuppressive treatment

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-118

  Lucchini, G ^a   Masera, N ^a   Foti, G ^c   Assali, G ^b   Perseghin, P ^b   Biagi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UOS di Aferesi Terapeutica   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; Immunosuppressive drugs; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA EXCHANGE;

EID: 63149127933     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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