title: The importance of cold-reactive autoantibodies in an asphyxiated infant before therapeutic hypothermia.
abstract: Perinatal asphyxia is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Hypothermia is an effective treatment of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants. Cold agglutination is a primary or acquired autoimmune disease that involves autoantibodies that lead to hemagglutination at low temperatures lower than that of the body. In this case the importance of cold agglutinins during therapeutic hypothermia is presented.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology Unit, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, serbeken@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beken
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Altuntaş
authors.forename: Esin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Idil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yenicesu
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ergenekon
authors.forename: Ibrahim Murat
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hirfanoğlu
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Türkyilmaz
authors.forename: Yildiz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Atalay
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007231:Infant, Newborn
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D003450:Cryoglobulins; C029443:cold agglutinins