Diagnostics and Treatment of Cryoglobulinaemia: It Takes Two to Tango

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-310

  Damoiseaux, Jan ^a   Cohen Tervaert, Jan Willem ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Hepatitis C virus; Rheumatoid factor; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RIBAVIRIN; RITUXIMAB; SOFOSBUVIR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84896313743     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-013-8390-y     Document Type: Review

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