Abstract:Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a hematologic disorder with an incidence of 1-3 per 10 5 individuals/year. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop AIHA in 3% of adult cases and 14% of pediatric cases. We report a case of AIHA refractory to multiple lines of treatment in a patient with SLE, who eventually responded to a proteasome inhibitor-based combination. A patient with systemic lupus erythematous was diagnosed with symptomatic autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The patient was refract… Show more
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