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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral infection, autoimmune ... • C3↓ C4↓ • ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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Autoimmune ... chemotherapy) • Genetic syndromes ... EBV. CMV. ... #Differential # ... Causes #lymphocytopenia
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... : Autoimmune hepatitis
Causes of Purpura or Easy Bruising in Children

Platelet count reduced, i.e. thrombocytopenia
 - Increased platelet destruction
Causes of Purpura ... Non-immune - Haemolytic ... Purpura #Bruising #Causes ... #peds #pediatrics ... #diagnosis #differential
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... Symptoms: • Gottron rash ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... statins - probably caused ... #differential #