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Analysis and classification of serum cryoglobulins
1Department of Pathology, The Bowman Gray Medical School, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
Methods in Molecular Medicine
|March 5, 2011
Abstract:
Cryoglobulins (CG) are immunoglobulins that reversibly precipitate from serum in cold temperatures. They are classified into three types, based on the monoclonality of the γ-globulins present (1): Type I contains only monoclonal bands; type II contains mixed polyclonal immunoglobulins with a monoclonal component; and type III contains mixed polyclonal immunoglobulins only.
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