Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with IgM warm auto-antibodies in primary Sjögren's syndrome

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-96

  Shinoda, Koichiro ^a   Taki, Hirofumi ^a   Hounoki, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogawa, Reina ^a   Sugiyama, Eiji ^a   Tobe, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Immunoglobulin M; Primary Sj gren's syndrome; Warm type

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EYE JAUNDICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGGLUTINATION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOANTIBODIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649085695     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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