Mihir Raval, MD, MPH, comments on the difference between cold agglutinin disease and other autoimmune hemolytic anemias. Neil Minkoff, MD: Now, you had mentioned that there are other autoimmune ...

Additional population-based studies of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and its management are needed to reduce mortality in this patient population. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is typically a ...

Physical/chemical causes. These causes of hemolysis are most often secondary to improper handling of blood products. Reasons include inadvertent heating or freezing with subsequent thawing of the red ...

Cold agglutinin disease is a condition that causes low red blood cell (RBC) counts. Symptoms can include fatigue, weakness, or shortness of breath. Cold agglutinin disease is a type of autoimmune ...

Hereditary spherocytosis is a well‐recognised genetic disorder affecting red blood cell membrane stability, resulting in the formation of spherocytes—cells that are less deformable and prone to ...

Dr. Florence H. Porterfield (Medicine): A 71-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of refractory hemolytic anemia. The patient, who had recurrent breast cancer and diffuse cutaneous ...