PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - FRANCESCO G. DE ROSA
AU  - GYÖRGY ÁBEL
AU  - VINCENT AGNELLO
TI  - Observations on Cryoglobulin Testing: II. The Association of Oligoclonal Mixed Cryoglobulinemia with Cirrhosis in Patients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.090189
DP  - 2009 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1956--1957
VI  - 36
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/9/1956.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/9/1956.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2009 Sep 01; 36
AB  - Objective. To determine whether a mixed cryoglobulin type correlated with cirrhosis in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Methods. We investigated the results of mixed cryoglobulin tests performed in the clinical laboratory on patients with and without HCV infection. Results. A higher prevalence of oligoclonal cryoglobulins designated Type IIa was present in HCV-infected patients with cirrhosis than in those without cirrhosis. Conclusion. An association of Type IIa cryoglobulins with cirrhosis in HCV-infected patients has not previously been reported.