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Primary Autoimmune Warm Antibody Hemolytic Anemias

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A 40-year-old woman is referred to you for a diagnostic evaluation of anemia. Until recently, she was asymptomatic and in good health. She has two healthy children aged 8 and 10 years. For a few weeks, she has been feeling weak for unknown reasons. In a laboratory examination of her blood, she had anemia with a hemoglobin of 9.0 g/dl with a normal leukocyte and platelet count.

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  1. Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, First Department of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Maria Theresa Krauth & Klaus Lechner

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  1. Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantion, Zion, Illinois, USA

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    Jean M. Connors

  3. Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Krauth, M.T., Lechner, K. (2016). Primary Autoimmune Warm Antibody Hemolytic Anemias. In: Abutalib, S., Connors, J., Ragni, M. (eds) Nonmalignant Hematology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30352-9_14

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