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The causes of the cryoprecipitation of mixed IgM-IgG cryoglobulins have not been completely determined. However, investigations conducted in various laboratories have provided data partially clarifing the complex mechanisms involved. In order to understand this phenomenon, the role of the various components in the cryoprecipitation process, the characteristics of the IgM anti-IgG and of its interactions with IgG, and the biophysical processes which produce cryoprecipitation of a cryo-immunoglobulin complex will be discussed.
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Abraham, G.N., Johnston, S.L., Hall, C.G., Scoville, C.D., Podell, D.N. (1986). Cryoprecipitation as a consequence of globulin-antiglobulin interactions. In: Ponticelli, C., Minetti, L., D’Amico, G. (eds) Antiglobulins, cryoglobulins and glomerulonephritis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4289-9_11
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