Severe thrombocytopenia is a relatively uncommon event in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and may occur in high-risk patients, advocating treatment with hypomethylating agents or with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.1 In low-risk pat…
Thrombocytopenia affects about two thirds of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and treatment is not standardized. Immunosuppressants, such as corticosteroids, cyclosporin or anti-thymocyte globulin show some efficacy, particular…
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a heterogeneous disease usually classified according to the thermal range of the autoantibody in warm, cold and mixed forms. The treatment of AIHA is still not evidence-based. Corticosteroids are the fi…
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a heterogeneous disease usually classified as warm, cold [cold agglutinin disease (CAD)] or mixed, according to the thermal range of the autoantibody. Diagnosis is based on the direct antiglobulin test …