Hepatitis C virus-associated type II mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis complicated with membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis

Renal Failure

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-152

  Lo, King Yik ^a   Chen, Chen Yin ^a   Lee, Chih Shiung ^b  

^a TIAN SHENG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Glomerulonephritis; Hepatitis C infection; Purpura; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMBUCIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENOXAPARIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POTASSIUM; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; SODIUM; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AEROMONAS VERONII; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTHYMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESSENTIAL MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA TYPE II; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MICROSCOPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OCCULT BLOOD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; PUSTULE; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE SEDIMENT; VASCULITIS; VIREMIA;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 61649115436     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220802595906     Document Type: Article

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