Mixed cryoglobulinemia and vasculitis: A novel pathogenic mechanism

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1278-1281

  Wooten, Marc D ^a,c   Jasin, Hugo E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LYMPHOMA; VASCULITIS

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VASCULITIS;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOMA, SMALL-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030001069     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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