A "normal" individual with a positive direct antiglobulin test: case complicated by pregnancy and unusual autoantibody specificity. 1977

R A Henry, and J Weber, and B G Pavone, and P D Issitt

A "normal" individual with a positive, direct antiglobulin test is described. In common with many other "normal" persons in whom a similar finding has been made, there was no evidence of an increased rate of in vivo red blood cell destruction in this patient. The patient successfully completed a pregnancy during the time that detailed serologic studies on her autoantibodies were being performed. Although the maternal autoantibodies were demonstrable in both an eluate made from the red blood cells of her newborn infant, and in the cord serum, there was no reason to believe that the antibodies caused red blood cell destruction in the infant. The case was of further interest because of the specificities of some of the autoantibodies. Although the mother and child were both C-negative, eluates from their red blood cells contained what ostensibly appeared to be anti-C. Studies that showed that the antibody could be totally adsorbed with C-negative, as well as C-positive red blood cells, proved that this was another example of an autoantibody mimicking an alloantibody. Although this autoantibody appeared initially to have anti-C specificity it was eventually shown to be more closely related to anti-Hr or anti-Rh34, than to anti-C.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007074 Immunoglobulin G The major immunoglobulin isotype class in normal human serum. There are several isotype subclasses of IgG, for example, IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B. Gamma Globulin, 7S,IgG,IgG Antibody,Allerglobuline,IgG(T),IgG1,IgG2,IgG2A,IgG2B,IgG3,IgG4,Immunoglobulin GT,Polyglobin,7S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgG,GT, Immunoglobulin
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D003298 Coombs Test A test to detect non-agglutinating ANTIBODIES against ERYTHROCYTES by use of anti-antibodies (the Coombs' reagent.) The direct test is applied to freshly drawn blood to detect antibody bound to circulating red cells. The indirect test is applied to serum to detect the presence of antibodies that can bind to red blood cells. Anti-Human Globulin Consumption Test,Antiglobulin Consumption Test,Antiglobulin Test,Coombs' Test,Antihuman Globulin Consumption Test,Direct Antiglobulin Test,Direct Coombs Test,Indirect Antiglobulin Test,Indirect Coombs Test,Anti Human Globulin Consumption Test,Antiglobulin Consumption Tests,Antiglobulin Test, Direct,Antiglobulin Test, Indirect,Antiglobulin Tests,Antiglobulin Tests, Direct,Antiglobulin Tests, Indirect,Consumption Test, Antiglobulin,Consumption Tests, Antiglobulin,Coomb Test,Coomb's Test,Coombs Test, Direct,Coombs Test, Indirect,Direct Antiglobulin Tests,Indirect Antiglobulin Tests,Test, Antiglobulin,Test, Antiglobulin Consumption,Test, Coombs,Test, Coombs',Test, Direct Antiglobulin,Test, Direct Coombs,Test, Indirect Antiglobulin,Test, Indirect Coombs,Tests, Antiglobulin,Tests, Antiglobulin Consumption,Tests, Direct Antiglobulin,Tests, Indirect Antiglobulin
D005260 Female Females
D005312 Fetal Blood Blood of the fetus. Exchange of nutrients and waste between the fetal and maternal blood occurs via the PLACENTA. The cord blood is blood contained in the umbilical vessels (UMBILICAL CORD) at the time of delivery. Cord Blood,Umbilical Cord Blood,Blood, Cord,Blood, Fetal,Blood, Umbilical Cord,Bloods, Cord,Bloods, Fetal,Bloods, Umbilical Cord,Cord Blood, Umbilical,Cord Bloods,Cord Bloods, Umbilical,Fetal Bloods,Umbilical Cord Bloods
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000918 Antibody Specificity The property of antibodies which enables them to react with some ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS and not with others. Specificity is dependent on chemical composition, physical forces, and molecular structure at the binding site. Antibody Specificities,Specificities, Antibody,Specificity, Antibody

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