1. Although auto-agglutinins or autohaemolysins may explain the mechanism of the anaemia in some cases, the primary cause or stimulus to the production of these antibodies remains an enigma. One theory advanced by Lubinski;Aetiology,1946
2. Erythrophagocytosis by monocytes in the peripheral blood was reported by Landolt,1946
3. One hundred and seven case reports published since 1940 are analysed, and the literature reviewed, with particular reference to cases in children
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