Cryoglobulinaemia

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Mohammed, K ^a   Rehman, H U ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemia; Hepatitis C; Lymphoproliferative disorders; Plasma cell dyscrasia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CAPTOPRIL; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MARKER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BED REST; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DRUG EFFECT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MIXED MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; MIXED POLYCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; MYCOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRECIPITATION; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPLENOMEGALY; TEMPERATURE; THYROIDITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URTICARIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS;

EID: 0141991253     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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