Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients are known to be at risk of developing liver
complications ie cirrhosis and liver cancer. However, the risks of morbidity and mortality are …

Serum cryoglobulins are found in a wide spectrum of disorders but are often transient and
without clinical implications. Monoclonal cryoglobulins are usually associated with …

BACKGROUND: Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) is a systemic vasculitis secondary to
circulating immune complex deposition in the small vessels. In the overwhelming majority of …

Purpose: To review the available data on the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection and conditions reportedly related to infection with the virus and to assess the …

Hepatitis C is both a cause and a complication of chronic renal disease. Chronic infection
with hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to the immune complex syndromes of …

Background Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia is frequently associated with hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection. A beneficial effect of interferon alfa therapy has been reported, but we do …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is both a hepatotropic and a lymphotropic virus, has been
proposed as a possible causative agent of mixed cryoglobulinaemia. This 'benign' …

Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC), type II and type III, refers to the presence of circulating
cryoprecipitable immune complexes in the serum and manifests clinically by a classical triad …

Cryoglobulins are present in about a quarter of patients with hepatitis C; in some,
cryoglobulinemia can become symptomatic or even life-threatening. This review …

Vasculitis can range in severity from a self-limited single-organ disorder to a life-threatening
disease with the prospect of multiple-organ failure. This condition presents many challenges …