The red cells of patients with chronic hemolytic anemia due to cold agglutinins are agglutinated by antiglobulin serum in a nongamma reaction due to the coating of β-globulins, C′4 and C′3. The red cells of such patients are abnormally resistant to C′ hemolysis by cold agglutinin.
Robert S. Evans, Elizabeth Turner, Margaret Bingham
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