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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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• Heavy chain disease ... acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver disease ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... Demyelinating disease ... effect/Edema • EBV ... CNS #Infections #differential