Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases
The transfusion-medicine specialists and physicians are often in a difficult situation when the patient has severe worsening anemia and all the blood is mismatched. This situation can arise in patients with red cell autoantibodies or alloantibodies due to previous transfusions. We report two cases o...
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| description | The transfusion-medicine specialists and physicians are often in a difficult situation when the patient has severe worsening anemia and all the blood is mismatched. This situation can arise in patients with red cell autoantibodies or alloantibodies due to previous transfusions. We report two cases of immune hemolysis - one due to warm auto antibodies and the second due to alloimmunization from multiple transfusions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08d56429368340de9141973dbbdccab32022-12-22T00:50:11ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Laboratory Physicians0974-27270974-78262009-01-0110102202410.4103/0974-2727.54803Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two CasesParamjit Kaur0Sabita Basu1Ravneet Kaur2Gagandeep Kaur3Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, IndiaThe transfusion-medicine specialists and physicians are often in a difficult situation when the patient has severe worsening anemia and all the blood is mismatched. This situation can arise in patients with red cell autoantibodies or alloantibodies due to previous transfusions. We report two cases of immune hemolysis - one due to warm auto antibodies and the second due to alloimmunization from multiple transfusions.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.54803auto antibodieshemolysisalloimmunizationblood transfusion |
| spellingShingle | Paramjit Kaur Sabita Basu Ravneet Kaur Gagandeep Kaur Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases Journal of Laboratory Physicians auto antibodies hemolysis alloimmunization blood transfusion |
| title | Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full | Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_fullStr | Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_short | Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_sort | immune hemolytic anemia a report of two cases |
| topic | auto antibodies hemolysis alloimmunization blood transfusion |
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