Blue toe syndrome associated with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: Ultimately revealed essential mixed cryoglobulinemia

Renal Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Fang, Ji Tseng ^a,b   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blue toe syndrome; Cryoglobulinemia; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031050549     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229709026273     Document Type: Article

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