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cryoglobulins in serum/plasma
Indications:
- evaluation of cryoglobulinemia
- 90% assocation with hepatitis C infection
- evaluation of Raynaud's phenomenon
Clinical significance:
- found in patients with:
- vasculitis associated with cryoglobulinemia
- hepatitis C
- multiple myeloma
- systemic lupus erythematosus*
- rheumatoid arthritis*
* may be present in patients with connective tissue disease in the absence of vasculitis [4]
Related
cryoglobulin
Specific
cryoglobulin complement C3 in serum
cryoglobulin rheumatoid factor in serum
cryoglobulin.IgA in serum
cryoglobulin.IgG in serum
cryoglobulin.IgM in serum
cryoglobulins in serum/plasma qualitative
cryoglobulins in serum/plasma quantitative
General
cryoglobulins in body fluid
References
- Medline Plus: Cryoglobulins
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003555.htm
- Cryoglobulin, Qualitative
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 50185
- Cryoglobulin, Qualitative
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2002403
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015