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| who discovered cold agglutinins in 1903? |
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| antibodies that react best with RBC's at temperatures of 0-4C |
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| two groups of cold agglutinins |
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| pathogenic and nonpathogenic |
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| what kind of cold agglutinins are active to a temperature of 10 to 15C? |
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| what kind of cold agglutinins are present in all normal sera? |
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| Anti-I, anti-H, and rarely other specificities |
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| anti-I, anti-i, and rarely other specificities |
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| what kind of cold agglutinins are found in cases of chronic cold agglutinin disease? |
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| a condition with a high titer of cold agglutinins causing intravascular agglutination when blood is cooled in peripheral parts of the body exposed to cold. |
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| titer of cold agglutinins in disease? |
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| titer in thousands or millions |
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| titer of cold agglutinins in chronic parasitic infections |
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| cold agglutinin syndrome occurs in what two groups of people? |
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| the elderly and post infectious cold agglutinin syndrome |
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| two infections that can lead to post infectious cold agglutinin syndrome |
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| mycoplasmal pneumonia and infectious mononucleosis |
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| what percent of mycoplasmal pneumonia patients have cold agglutinins present? |
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| what percent of infectious mononucleosis patients have anti-i cold agglutinins? |
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| what specificity are cold agglutinins produced in mycoplasmal pneumonia? |
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| serological testing for cold agglutinins is frequently used to screen for what? |
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| when are cold agglutinins absorbed by RBCs? |
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