A Role for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Type II Cryoglobulinemia
- 19 November 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (21) , 1490-1495
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199211193272104
Abstract
Type II cryoglobulinemia is a vasculitis characterized by cryoglobulins consisting of complexes of polyclonal IgG and monoclonal IgM rheumatoid factors, the cause of these immune complexes is unknown, though both the hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses have been suspected.Keywords
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