Cautions about implementing immune suppression in patients with this disease.
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“The inability to identify an underlying cause for IMHA means that immune suppression remains the mainstay treatment. Concerns about potential negative effects of this immune suppression exist, especially if an occult underlying infectious cause of IMHA was missed during the diagnostic work-up.”
-Johnny D. Hoskins, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
From Infectious hemolytic anemias: Look for an underlying cause