Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria overview

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria is a rare disease that is associated with intravascular hemolysis and hemoglobinuria after exposure to cold. The Donath-Landsteiner antibody sticks to the red blood cells in the cold which causes a complement-mediated lysis upon rewarming.

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