CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C COMPLICATED BY COOMBS-NEGATIVE HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA DURING INTERFERON TREATMENT

Authors
HIRASHIMA N MIZOKAMI M ORITO E YAMAUCHI M NARITA M MIZUNO M TOKUDA Y NAKANO T KATO M MATSUMOTO T SUGIHARA K KOYAMA K YOSHIDA A OGINO M
Citation
N. Hirashima et al., CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C COMPLICATED BY COOMBS-NEGATIVE HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA DURING INTERFERON TREATMENT, Internal medicine, 33(5), 1994, pp. 300-302
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
300 - 302
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:5<300:CHCBCH>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is an autoimmune diseases which is reporte d to be caused by interferon treatment. A 33-year-old male with chroni c hepatitis C developed Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia, probably due to administration of interferon-alpha2b. This is, to our knowledge, t he first report of chronic hepatitis C complicated by Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia during interferon treatment.