Description
By Wilma Barcellini MD, Bruno Fattizzo MD
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive update of autoimmune hemolytic anemias, a rare disease that is sometimes difficult to diagnose and manage. This book describes diagnosis, pathogenesis, classification, standard therapy, new treatments, as well as secondary forms, such as lymphoproliferative, immunodeficiency, Evans, and other autoimmune diseases. It is a practical guide to manage transfusions and monitoring complications, such as infections and thromboses, and preventive measures. This book is useful to researchers, clinicians, doctors and students working in hematology, transfusion centers, immunohematology labs, and internal medicine.
- Chapters include clinical case vignettes that discuss special situations such as pregnancy, acute settings, complications, and difficult cases for diagnosis and treatment
- Chapters include a summary or key points and practical recommendations
- Provides an overview of signs and symptoms of AIHA with a special attention to various subtypes including patient-reported outcomes
- Presents AIHA clinical and laboratory diagnosis, with focus on the differential diagnosis of hemolysis (kw Coombs, direct antiglobulin test, hemolytic markers, etc.)
Product Details
- Publisher : Academic Press
- Publication date : July 24, 2025
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0443315205
- ISBN-13 : 978-0443315206
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,236,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4,068 in Biology (Books)
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