[Severe autoimmune immunoglobulin A hemolytic anemia in a 10-month-old infant].
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.
Nouyrigat
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Polyclinique enfants, hôpital de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. valeire.nouyrigat@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr
Muller
S
S
Charollais
A
A
Gabolde
M
M
Bader Meunier
B
B
D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D007070:Immunoglobulin A