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Type 2 cryoglobulinemia treated with plasmapheresis associated with IgA nephropathy
Victor Grech1, Cecil Vella, Alex Aquilina
1Paediatric Department, St. Luke's Hospital, Guardamangia, Malta. victor.e.grech@magnet.mt
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|January 15, 2004
Abstract:
Cryoglobulinemia is caused by antibodies which precipitate in blood on exposure to cold, and redissolve on warming. The authors present a child with essential, Type 2 cryoglobulinaemia, successfully treated with plasmapheresis, who developed glomerulonephritis due to IgA nephropathy. Conservative treatment resulted in spontaneous improvement with no deterioration in renal function.