Study Results from University of Barcelona Broaden Understanding of Health and Medicine

2012 FEB 27 -- Current study results from the report, "The cryoglobulinaemias," have been published. According to the authors of recent research from Barcelona, Spain, "Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that precipitate in vitro at temperatures less than 37°C and produce organ damage through two main pathways: vascular sludging (hyperviscosity syndrome, mainly in type I cryoglobulinaemia) and immune-mediated mechanisms (principally vasculitis, in mixed cryoglobulinaemia). Cryoglobulinaemia is associated with many illnesses, which can be broadly grouped into infections, autoimmune disorders, and malignancies; the most common cause is infection with hepatitis C...

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