Glucocorticoid-Responsive Cold Agglutinin Disease in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

A 57-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis developed severe anemia during treatment with adalimumab plus methotrexate. Cold agglutinin disease was diagnosed because haptoglobin was undetectable, cold agglutinin was positive (1 : 2048), and the direct Coombs test was positive (only to complement). A...

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Main Authors: Kyoko Honne, Takao Nagashima, Masahiro Iwamoto, Toyomi Kamesaki, Seiji Minota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/823563
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