Article
Fatal outcome in a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with an IgM bithermic anti-ITP.
Transfusion - 1 May 1994
Ramos R R, Curtis B R, Eby C S, Ratkin G A, Chaplin H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several cold autoantibodies (usually IgG) with IT specificity have been reported previously, as have autoantibodies with joint I and P blood group specificities (IP1, ITP1, iP1, IP). A fatal outcome associated with an IgM cold autoantibody of ITP specificity is reported. CASE REPORT: A 54-year-old man suffered from progressively severe cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia for 9 months. Hemoglobin...
Topics
- Adsorption
- Agglutinins
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantibodies
- Blood Protein Electrophoresis
- Cold Temperature
- Cryoglobulins
- Fatal Outcome
- Humans
- I Blood-Group System
