Successful treatment of mixed‐type autoimmune hemolytic anemia with rituximab in a child following liver transplantation |
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| Authors: | Wolfram Haller Jonathan Hind Sue Height Ragai Mitry Anil Dhawan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Paediatric Liver Centre, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK;2. Paediatric Haematology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | Haller W, Hind J, Height S, Mitry R, Dhawan A. Successful treatment of mixed‐type autoimmune hemolytic anemia with rituximab in a child following liver transplantation.
Pediatr Transplantation 2010: 14: E20–E25. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: Development of a severe form of mixed‐type AIHA after orthotopic liver transplantation is a rare, but a life‐threatening event. We report a case of mixed‐type AIHA that developed in a child after hepatocyte and living‐related orthotopic liver transplantation for factor VII deficiency. |
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| Keywords: | hepatocyte transplantation child factor VII deficiency anti‐CD20 autoimmune hemolytic anemia mixed‐type |
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