Success of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment for severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by warm-reactive immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, and immunoglobulin M autoantibodies in a child: a case report

BACKGROUND: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is rare in children. First-line therapies for this disease consist of corticosteroids and intravenously administered immunoglobulin that are effective in most patients. However, a small proportion of cases (5 to 10%) is refractory to these therapies and may re...

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Autores principales: Ajmi, Houda, Mabrouk, Sameh, Hassayoun, Saida, Regaieg, Haifa, Tfifha, Minyar, Jalel, Chemli, Skouri, Hadef, Zouari, Noura, Abroug, Saoussan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29132419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1449-2

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