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Podcast: PeerView Clinical Pharmacology CME/CNE/CPE Video
Episode: Sigbjørn Berentsen, MD, PhD / Ilene C. Weitz, MD - Demystifying Cold Agglutinin Disease: A Visual Exploration of Mechanism, Diagnosis, and the Role of Complement Inhibition in Addressing Unmet Needs
Description: Go online to PeerView.com/WQY860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) has traditionally been considered the simplest and most scholastic example of antibody-mediated autoimmune disease. However, AIHA has recently been identified as a greatly heterogeneous disease because of several immunological mechanisms involved beyond antibodies, complement, and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In addition, AIHA may be associated with conditions where the immunologic mechanisms are unpredictably involved. Given the many conditions, an accurate diagnostic approach to AIHA is fundamental for a comprehensive risk assessment and proper therapy. In...