Cryoglobulin crystal arthropathy in a patient with multiple myeloma

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 238-240

  Rodriguez Paez, Alejandra C ^a   Seetharaman, Mythili ^a   Brent, Lawrence H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulins; Crystals; Monoclonal gammopathy; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LENALIDOMIDE; PREDNISONE; SYNDECAN 1;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTHRITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 69549086766     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181a567b5     Document Type: Article

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