ArticleInternational journal of hematology2013
Successful treatment with rituximab of an infant with refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
Article in International journal of hematology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Anti-CD20 Treatment of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Refractory to Corticosteroids and Azathioprine: A Pediatric Case Report and Mini Review.Case reports in hematology · 2018Article
- Success of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment for severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by warm-reactive immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, and immunoglobulin M autoantibodies in a child: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare disease in infants, for which steroids are recognized as a first-line therapy for patients. Rituximab, a humanized monoclonal antibody raised against CD20, has been used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including AIHA, in adults and children. Due to limited follow-up study of the use of rituximab in the treatment for AIHA, its long-term efficacy, adverse effects, and immunological reconstitution of B cells have not been fully evaluated in infants. Here, we report a 3-month-old female patient with refractory AIHA, who was successfully treated with rituximab. Hemolytic anemia improved rapidly, and there were no severe adverse effects caused by rituximab. After 4.5 months following rituximab treatment, peripheral B cells were gradually reconstituted and required no intravenous immunoglobulin replacement thereafter. The patient has remained disease-free for more than 30 months without any additional treatment. This case suggests that rituximab may be a valuable therapeutic option, given its efficacy and minimal adverse effects in infants with therapy-resistant AIHA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.