Hematology
Cold Agglutination of Erythrocytes: Mechanism and Elimination
What are cold agglutinins, how do they cause red blood cell clumping, and how to eliminate agglutination by warming a blood tube to 37°C in the lab.
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Cold Agglutination
Hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease: Sutimlimab Therapy
Results of C1s complement inhibitor sutimlimab in cold agglutinin disease: dynamics of hemoglobin, bilirubin, and reticulocytes.
Hematology
Cold Agglutination in Complete Blood Count: A Case Study
Impact of cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia on analyzer parameters: erythrocyte agglutination, false MCHC, and correction by warming at 37 °C.
Hematology
Cold Agglutination in Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
Blood smear morphology in Mycoplasma pneumoniae: severe cold agglutination of red blood cells, falsely elevated MCHC, and reactive lymphocytes with uropods.
Hematology
Cold Agglutination in Complete Blood Count: A Case Study
A case of cold agglutination: false MCHC elevation, sample appearance in tube and microscopy, and parameter correction after 37°C incubation.
Hematology
Elevated MCHC in Blood Test: Causes and Algorithm
What to do if MCHC is elevated above 375 g/L in CBC: causes of false elevation, cold agglutination, sample warming, and blood smear evaluation.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Agglutination in Cold Hemolytic Anemia
Blood smear morphology in cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia (CAIHA). Mechanisms of erythrocyte agglutination by IgM antibodies to I and i antigens.
Hematology
Cold Agglutination of Erythrocytes in Complete Blood Count
Impact of cold agglutination on CBC parameters: falsely elevated MCHC, spurious erythrocytopenia, and correction by warming to 37 °C.
Hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease: Symptoms and Diagnosis
Cold agglutinin disease: mechanism of autoimmune hemolysis by IgM antibodies, symptoms, and features of cold agglutination of erythrocytes in blood tests.