Cryocrystalglobulinemia mimicking rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1272-1277

  Albert, Lori ^a   Inman, Robert ^b   Gordon, Duncan A ^a   Chiu, Basil ^b   Amdemichael, Esiahas ^a   Katz, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOMA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERUM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VASCULITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYOGLOBULINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029682811     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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