Open AccessCold haemagglutinin disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Krishnakumar Nair,
Keechilat Pavithran,
J. Kuehl Philip,
Mathew Thomas,
Vasu Geetha
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.4.233
Subject(s) - cold agglutinin , titer , medicine , antibody , immunology , cold agglutinin disease , prednisolone , systemic disease , disease , lupus erythematosus , virology , autoantibody , immunopathology
A 34-year-old lady presenting with features of cold agglutinin disease during the course of systemic lupus erythematosus is described. Cold antibody titer was very high (1 in 4096) with specificity for 'I' antigen. Even though she had poor prognostic factors like high titer of cold antibodies with low thermal amplitude, she responded well to prednisolone.