title: [Acquired hemophilia: update on diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: Acquired hemophilia is a rare but often life-threatening hemorrhagic disorder characterized in most cases by an autoantibody directed against coagulation factor VIII. In this paper, current knowledgs on diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this disease are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Immunoematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, Dipartimento di Patologia e Medicina di Laboratorio, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Parma. mfranchini@ao.pr.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franchini
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans