...Caroline I. Piatek; Hillel Bocian; Sandra Algaze; Ilene C. Weitz; Casey O'Connell; Howard A. Liebman The combination of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (RCD) is highly effective in the treatment of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA) associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia...

...Satoko Oka; Masaharu Nohgawa Autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura, have been described in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) after immunochemotherapy. However, the underlying pathogenesis remains unclear. We examined NHL patients...

...Toyomi Kamesaki; Eiji Kajii Background: Direct antiglobulin test (DAT)-negative warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is mainly caused by three mechanisms: red blood cell (RBC)-bound immunoglobulin (Ig)G below the detection limit of routine DAT; RBC-bound IgA or IgM; or low-affinity...

...A. Celada; J.J. Farquet; A.F. Muller A 75-year-old woman was hospitalized with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. During a period of 22 months the patient had six hemolytic crises which responded to treatment with prednisone and azathioprine. During the last admission the patient presented...

...Israel Rubinstein; Pnina Langevitz; Raphael Hirsch; Miriam Berkowicz; Yair Lieberman; Ginette Shibi Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia is described as the presenting manifestation of malignant thymoma. The hemoglobin level was 5.7 g/dl, the direct IgG antiglobulin test (direct Coombs’ test...

... finding of an autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) associated with IgA autoantibody. In IgA-AIHA the direct antiglobulin test with a broad-spectrum antiserum may be falsely negative, because a standardized anti-IgA level is not compulsory. This case illustrates the diagnostic significance of monospecific...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Polycythemia vera Correspondence Acta Haematol 1991:85:111 © 1991 S. Karger AG. Basel 0001-5792/91/0852-0111 $2.75/0...

... in patients with thalassemia major manifesting an increase in blood consumption following the development of red cell autoantibodies. Acta Haematol 1990;83:65-68 (g) 1990 S. Karger A G , Basel 0001-5792/90/0832-0065 S 2.75/0 High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Management of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia...

...Meir Krupsky; Raanana Sarel; Nina Hurwitz; Peretz Resnitzky The association between thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and autoimmune hematological conditions is reported in 2 patients. In a 35-year-old man, acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) was diagnosed in 1960; until 1965 he...

...E.L. McCann; R.S. Shirey; T.S. Kickler; P.M. Ness The presence of both complete IgM autoagglutinins and IgG autoantibodies in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is an uncommon finding. Over a 6-year period, only 5 of 115 (4.1%) patients with AIHA had IgM and IgG autoantibodies. In 3 of the 5...

...Nobuo Nara; Shuji Tohda A 39-year-old female with autoimmune hemolytic anemia suffered from pure red cell aplasia. She received immunosuppressive agents including prednisolone, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide and methotrexate, resulting in a little improvement of the anemia for only short term...

...Joseph Evers; Fay Albert; Leonard Bazar; Virginia Sulica; Ronald A. Sacher A 52-year-old man, who presented with Sézary syndrome with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and was successfully treated with corticosteroids is reported. Helper function assay determining immunoglobulin confirmed inducer...

...Daniel Morgensztern; Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja; Han-Mou Tsai; Eric C.-Y. Lian Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and warm-antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) are uncommon diseases. Although TTP has been increasingly described in association with autoimmune antibodies, there are very...

...Roberto Latagliata; Francesca Celesti; Velia Bongarzoni; Giandomenico Di Nucci; Concetta Torromeo; Salvatore Giacomo Morano; Giuseppe Cimino; Giuliana Alimena We report a case of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) which presented with clinical and laboratory signs of an autoimmune hemolytic anemia...