Warm reactive autoantibodies: Clinical and serologic correlations

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 680-685

  Wheeler, Christine A ^a   Calhoun, Loni ^a   Blackall, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Hemolysis; RBCs

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 7244231297     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/CJAW6N8J6H0HR2WM     Document Type: Article

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