Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (type ii) with pseudoleukocytosis
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Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia type II.
We report a rare case of essential mixed cryoglobulinemia type II with membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) type I in which HCV was not found. Long-term history of palindromic rheumatism, skin leukocytoclastic vasculitis attacks and micro-normocytic anemia preceded the appearance of cryoglobulinemia. Cryoprecipitate consisted of monoclonal IgMk-RF and polyclonal IgG (essential mixed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780270318