Cold Agglutinin

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Contents 1 Etiology 2 Principle 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Etiology

• cold agglutinins may occur with Mycoplasma pneumonia infection

Principle

• antibodies of the IgM class that agglutinate erythrocytes at 4 degrees C

More General Terms

• serology
• agglutinin

Additional Terms

• cold agglutinin syndrome (primary cold agglutinin disease)

References

1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1053
2. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 415-16

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