By Wilma Barcellini MD, Bruno Fattizzo MD

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive update of autoimmune hemolytic anemias, a rare disease that is sometimes difficult to diagnose and manage. This book describes diagnosis, pathogenesis, classification, standard therapy, new treatments, as well as secondary forms, such as lymphoproliferative, immunodeficiency, Evans, and other autoimmune diseases. It is a practical guide to manage transfusions and monitoring complications, such as infections and thromboses, and preventive measures. This book is useful to researchers, clinicians, doctors and students working in hematology, transfusion centers, immunohematology labs, and internal medicine.

Chapters include clinical case vignettes that discuss special situations such as pregnancy, acute settings, complications, and difficult cases for diagnosis and treatment

Chapters include a summary or key points and practical recommendations

Provides an overview of signs and symptoms of AIHA with a special attention to various subtypes including patient-reported outcomes

Presents AIHA clinical and laboratory diagnosis, with focus on the differential diagnosis of hemolysis (kw Coombs, direct antiglobulin test, hemolytic markers, etc.)