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cold agglutinin screen

Principle: - antibodies of the IgM class that agglutinate erythrocytes at 4 degrees C Etiology: - cold agglutinins may occur with Mycoplasma pneumonia infection

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cold agglutinin cold agglutinin syndrome (primary cold agglutinin disease)

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serology

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
  3. Cold Agglutinins Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 50175