Evans syndrome
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Evans syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which the body makes antibodies that destroy the red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells. Patients are diagnosed with thrombocytopenia (a blood disorder characterized by too few platelets (which help blood clot) in the blood) and Coombs' positive hemolytic anemia (an abnormality of the immune system that causes red blood cells to be destroyed prematurely) and have no other known underlying etiology. The patients may be affected by low levels of all three types of blood cells at one time, or may only have problems with one or two of them.[1]
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The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database contains genetics resources that discuss Evans syndrome. Click on the link to go to OMIM and review these resources.
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ClinicalTrials.gov lists trials that are studying or have studied Evans syndrome. Click on the link to go to ClinicalTrials.gov to read descriptions of these studies.
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