3 results
Warm vs Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia:
 • Mechanism: IgG and Complement-mediated
 • Etiology:
Hemolytic Anemia ... Warm Autoimmune ... Mycoplasma, HIV, EBV ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral infection, autoimmune ... • C3↓ C4↓ • ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... CLL (older) • Autoimmune ... #anemia #hematology
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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• Persistent CD4 ... occasions COMMON ASSOCIATIONS ... Autoimmune (Sjogren ... EBV. CMV. ... ICL #diagnosis #hematology