Observations on cryoglobulin testing: I. The association of cryoglobulins containing rheumatoid factors with manifestation of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1953-1955

  De Rosa, Francesco G ^a,c   Agnello, Vincent ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis; Cryoglobulins; Hepatitis C; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4 BINDING PROTEIN; CRYOGLOBULIN; CRYOGLOBULIN TYPE II RHEUMATOID FACTOR; CRYOGLOBULIN TYPE IIA RHEUMATOID FACTOR; CRYOGLOBULIN TYPE III RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIC VASCULITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VASCULITIS;

EID: 70349239509     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.081035     Document Type: Article

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