Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: An unusual presentation of HIV seroconversion disease

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1968-1970

  Sherry, Norelle L ^a   Woolley, Ian J ^a,b   Korman, Tony M ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; UREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954696870     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833bee5a     Document Type: Letter

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