New Insights in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is caused by the increased destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) by anti-RBC autoantibodies with or without complement activation. RBC destruction may occur both by a direct lysis through the sequential activation of the final components of the complement cascade (...

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Published inTransfusion medicine and hemotherapy Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 287 - 293
Main Author Barcellini, Wilma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.09.2015
Subjects
Review
Review Article
Cytokines
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Autoantibodies
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ISSN1660-3796
1660-3818
DOI10.1159/000439002

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