Clinical and serological characterization of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a tertiary care hospital in North India

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 727-732

  Das, Sudipta Sekhar ^a   Nityanand, Soniya ^a   Chaudhary, Rajendra ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antiglobulin test; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Gel test; Hemolysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3C; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CELL WALL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649390893     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0674-6     Document Type: Article

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