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Agglutinins

Medical Definition: Substances, usually of biological origin, that cause cells or other organic particles to aggregate and stick to each other. They also include those antibodies which cause aggregation or agglutination of a particulate or insoluble antigen.
Guide Notes: cold agglutinin disease = COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE see ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE
Previously Indexed: Antibodies (1966-1972)
Agglutinins Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hemagglutinins - Agents that cause agglutination of red blood cells. They include antibodies, blood group antigens, lectins, autoimmune factors, bacterial, viral, or parasitic blood agglutinins, etc.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Immunoconglutinins - Autoantibodies directed against newly-formed EPITOPES created as the COMPLEMENT cascade is activated and the proteins involved change their conformations.

Agglutinins Medical Definitions and Terms

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