Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria: a case report

S.C. Wise; S.H. Tinsley; L.O. Cook

doi:10.21307/immunohematology-2019-161

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Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria: a case report

Immunohematology

Volume 28 (2012): Issue 4 (December 2012)

By: S.C. Wise, S.H. Tinsley and L.O. Cook

Paid access

|Dec 2019

Abstract

A 15-month-old white male child was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, increased somnolence, pallor, jaundice, fever, and decreased activity level. The purpose of this case study is to report the clinical findings associated with the patient’s clinical symptoms and differential laboratory diagnosis. Immunohematology2012;28:118–23.

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