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Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in adults: Recommendations from the First International Consensus Meeting

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The First International Consensus Group recommended that Corticosteroids remain first-line therapy for warm-AIHA, while the addition of rituximab should be considered early in severe cases and if no prompt response to steroids is achieved.
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This article is published in Blood Reviews.The article was published on 2020-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 224 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cold agglutinin disease & Autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

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New Insights in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Cold Agglutinin-Mediated Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.

TL;DR: The putative mechanisms behind these phenomena will be explained along with other recent achievements in the understanding of pathogenesis in these disorders, and novel targeted treatments, in particular complement-directed therapies, are reviewed.
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The Changing Landscape of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

TL;DR: On the whole, the double-edged sword of new pathogenetic insights and therapies has changed the landscape of AIHA, both providing enthusiastic knowledge and complicating the clinical management of this disease.
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How I treat cold agglutinin disease

Sigbjørn Berentsen
- 11 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the treatment options for cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is presented, where the authors identify two major steps in CAD pathogenesis, clonal B-cell lymphoproliferation and complement-mediated hemolysis.
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New Insights in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: From Pathogenesis to Therapy Stage 1.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the main clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and pathogenic mechanisms of AIHA are provided, along with classic and new therapeutic approaches.
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