title: [Severe autoimmune immunoglobulin A hemolytic anemia in a 10-month-old infant].
abstract: METHODS
  A ten-month-old boy presented with a severe auto-immune hemolytic anemia. Direct antiglobin test was positive only for IgA class autoantibodies. He recovered with a high dose corticosteroid treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IgA class autoantibodies should be searched for in the case of a high suspicion of auto-immune hemolytic anemia with negative direct antiglobin test for IgG and complement. Corticosteroid treatment is most often successful.
authors.affiliation: Polyclinique enfants, hôpital de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. valeire.nouyrigat@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nouyrigat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charollais
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabolde
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bader Meunier
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A