A case of type I cryoglobulinemia associated with a Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-131

  Kagaya, Makiko ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; Renal failure; Type I cryoglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA TYPE 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 15744363709     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00730.x     Document Type: Article

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