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Severe hemolytic anemia due to cold agglutinin complicating untreated chronic hepatitis C: Efficacy and safety of anti-CD20 (rituximab) treatment
✍ Scribed by Anne Etienne; Stéphane Gayet; Florian Vidal; Pascale Poullin; Corinne Brunet; Jean-Robert Harlé; Gilles Kaplanski
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is rare and difficult to treat during chronic hepatitis C. We report herein the case of a hepatitis C patient with severe and resistant AIHA who experienced a good and sustained response with anti‐CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment. Am. J. Hematol. 75:243–245, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.