Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Source : The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Url : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0544-4
Campus : Faridabad
School : School of Medicine
Year : 2011
Abstract : Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is rare in children and infants and steroids are the corner stone of therapy. Management of the patients with steroid refractory/dependent disease is difficult .Rituximab is being used in the treatment of a variety of autoimmune diseases including Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA),especially in adults but there is scarce data regarding the use of this agent in pediatric AIHA patients.The authors report two cases of steroid refractory AIHA, who responded to rituximab with review the literature of its use in pediatrics.
Cite this Research Publication : Nitin Gupta, Sanjeev Sharma, Tulika Seth, Pravas Mishra, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Suman Kumar, Rajan Kapoor, Narendra Agarwal, Rituximab in Steroid Refractory Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0544-4