A case of systemic lupus erythematosus presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: treated successfully with cyclosporine

Клинический случай системной красной волчанки с аутоиммунной гемолитической анемией: успешное лечение циклоспорином
Recep Tunc 1, Ilknur Albayrak 2, Abdulkadir Basturk 3, Sevket Arslan 1, Adem Kucuk 1
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1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
2 Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
3 Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey
J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 3, Issue 33, pp. 32-33.
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ABSTRACT

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is a systemic autoimmune disease. Hemolytic anemia, leukopenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia are the most common hematologic problems in SLE.  Our case was a 19 years old young girl presented with complaints of weakness. She had autoimmune hemolytic anemia and treated successfully with cyclosporine therapy
Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus, hemolytic anemia, cyclosporine

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Tunc R, Albayrak I, Basturk A, Arslan S, Kucuk A. A case of systemic lupus erythematosus presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: treated successfully with cyclosporine. Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan. 2014;3(33):32-3.

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