Heat-insoluble cryoglobulin in a patient with essential type II cryoglobulinemia and cryoglobulin-occlusive membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: Case report and literature review

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Meng, Qing H ^a   Chibbar, Rajni ^a   Pearson, Derek ^a   Kappel, Joanne ^a   Krahn, John ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Heat insoluble cryoglobulin; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM CELL; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MONOCYTE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 67650272408     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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