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Autoimmune Disease
Cryoglobulin/albumin complex found in patient with autoimmune syndrome
March 22nd, 2004
Cryoglobulin/albumin complexes were reported in a patient with severe autoimmune syndrome. "We describe the case of a 30-year-old man with a severe autoimmune disease characterized by cryoglobulinemia, pulmonary hypertension, Raynaud's phenomenon, lymphadenopathy, and glomerulonephritis. Despite initial remission following autologous stem cell transplantation, his disease relapsed and he died from pulmonary hypertension. At presentation the patient had hypergammaglobulinemia and a number of autoantibodies, including rheumatoid factor (1:10,240)," scientists in Switzerland report. "The most striking feature was the extremely high level of...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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