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MALADIE AGGLUTININES FROIDES [1 record]

Record 1 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

The presence of circulating antibodies, usually IgM, that can agglutinate red cells and do so most efficiently at temperatures below 37 °C. The cold agglutinins are directed against three types of polysaccharide red cell antigens: "I antigens," expressed primarily on adult red cells, "i antigens," expressed primarily on cells of fetuses and infants, and "Pr antigens," which, unlike I and i antigens, are protease sensitive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

(Les agglutinines froides) s'observent au cours de maladies infectieuses (infections à mycoplasma pneumoniae, mononucléose infectieuse, syphilis) ou peuvent révéler une maladie lymphoïde proche de la maladie de Waldenström dite maladie des agglutinines froides.

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