Table 1.

Cold hemolytic syndromes.

DiseaseAntibodyCoombsSpecificityCourse
Abbreviations: BA, blood antigen 
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria Donath-Landsteiner IgG ± BA P Acute 
Cold hemagglutinin disease Monoclonal IgMκ +++ BA I Chronic 
Childhood cold agglutinin Polyclonal IgM +++ BA i Self-limited 
DiseaseAntibodyCoombsSpecificityCourse
Abbreviations: BA, blood antigen 
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria Donath-Landsteiner IgG ± BA P Acute 
Cold hemagglutinin disease Monoclonal IgMκ +++ BA I Chronic 
Childhood cold agglutinin Polyclonal IgM +++ BA i Self-limited 

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