COLD AGGLUTININS. V. DETERIORATION OF COLD ISOHEMAGGLUTININS ON STORAGE

Cold Agglutinins. v. Deterioration of Cold Isohemagglutinins on Storage.

Platelet cold agglutinins.

A “cold” platelet agglutinin is described reacts only at temperatures below 34#{176}C. which is present in plasma and serum, It agglutinates homologous and autois greater than 100,000 in molecular logous platelets but appears to have no weight, appears to be a protein of the imeffect on in vivo platelet function. It is munoglobulin type, is adsorbed by plateseen in patients with systemic diseas...

Cold Agglutinins. Vi. Agglutinins for an Indifferent Streptococcus in Primary Atypical Pneumonia and in Other Conditions and Their Relation to Cold Isohemagglutinins.

How I manage cold agglutinins.

From the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Address reprint requests to: W. John Judd, FIBMS, MIBiol, Professor of Immunohematology, Department of Pathology, UH-2G332, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0054; e-mail: [email protected]. Received for publication November 2, 2005; accepted No...

Cold Agglutinins. Ii. Cold Isohemagglutinins in Primary Atypical Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology with a Note on the Occurrence of Hemolytic Anemia in These Cases.

In the preceding paper ( 1), there was presented a summary of the maximum titers of cold agglutinins found in 1069 cases of a variety of conditions, including the various infections of the respiratory tract that are commonly encountered in this vicinity. Significant titers (in dilutions greater than 20) were obtained only in cases of primary atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology,' and in a few...