Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with ulcerative colitis: Response to infliximab

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2370-2371

  Carnerero, Eduardo Leo ^a   Aoufi, Sami ^a   Cuadrado, Isabel Montero ^a   Martin, Pablo Herrera ^a   Herrera Justiniano, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; INFLIXIMAB; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; SIDE EFFECT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 69949177868     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.307     Document Type: Letter

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