Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 560-564

  Bass, Garrett F ^a   Tuscano, Emily T ^a   Tuscano, Joseph M ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLADRIBINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; FLUDARABINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLDOPA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB;

AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLD AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; COLD HEMOGLOBINURIA; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MIXED TYPE AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFUSION; WARM AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COOMBS TEST; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 84896317867     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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