cold agglutinin screen
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Etiology
- cold agglutinins may occur with Mycoplasma pneumonia infection
Principle
- antibodies of the IgM class that agglutinate erythrocytes at 4 degrees C
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References
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1053
- ↑ Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 415-16
- ↑ Cold Agglutinins Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0050175.jsp