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cold agglutinin
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cold agglutinin [′kōld ə′glüt·ən·ən]
(immunology)
A nonspecific panagglutinin found in many normal human serums which produce maximum clumping of erythrocytes at 4°C and none at 37°C.
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Cold agglutinin disease is actually a group of disorders that are characterized by antierythrocyte autoantibodies that bind red blood cells at cold temperatures (
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Cold Agglutinin Disease is a very, rare, immune mediated condition, in which components of blood agglutinate in the vessels, causing thrombus formation with subsequent loss of blood supply.
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