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  • Title: Antibody coated red cells with and without hemolysis in chronic ulcerative colitis.
    Author: Jacob J, Lance KP.
    Journal: Am J Gastroenterol; 1976 Apr; 65(4):324-8. PubMed ID: 937329.
    Abstract:
    A young female with ulcerative colitis associated with positive direct and indirect Coombs reaction and severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia is reported. Cortisone was beneficial and total colectomy was promptly followed by subsidence of the hematologic defects. Review of the literature suggests that this complication of ulcerative colitis is uncommon. It basis is unclear. It seems to be expressed through the presence of a "warm" auto-antibody. Colectomy should be strongly considered when severe hemolysis is present but not when the Coombs test is positive alone without significant hemolysis.
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