title: [Direct Coombs' test in the aged].
abstract: Blood samples from 431 persons (age: 78 to 99 years) were examined by the direct anti-human-globulin test (d. AHGT ) with polyspecific and monospecific antisera. Three antibody-mediated positive d. AHGT were found. There was no increase in non antibody-mediated positive complement Coombs reactions in healthy persons of high age.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D003298:Coombs Test; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D003165:Complement System Proteins
vernacular_title: Direkter Coombs-Test im hohen Alter.