Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

But consider the limitation of an elution.

What if the patient's body is attacking its own blood, like in case six with Warm AIHA, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia?

Yeah, their DAT is strongly positive because a warm autoantibody is densely coating their own native red cells.

But hold on, if we run an elution on a Warm AIHA patient, aren't we just gonna chemically strip off a massive overwhelming amount of autoantibody?

Right.

Right.

However, anemia is a general term, and there are many different types of anemias.

Today we're discussing a condition that's called warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, which is often abbreviated as WAHA.

It can be a very devastating condition to people who have it and very dangerous as well.

Now today's guest on the show is one of the world's leading experts on warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia or WAHA.

It's Dr. Leonard Dragone.

He's a physician and a disease area stronghold leader for rheumatology and autoantibodies at Johnson & Johnson, which is one of the world's largest and most innovative pharmaceutical companies.

So thank you.

Sure.