## Abstract A prospective clinical study evaluated the effects of combined chemotherapy, steroids, and plasmapheresis on 5 patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia with renal or neurologic and vasculitic manifestations. Treatment included prednisone (1 mg/kg/day), chlorambucil (white blood cell count a
Natural history and therapy of 66 patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia
β Scribed by Alan H. Bryce; Robert A. Kyle; Angela Dispenzieri; Morie A. Gertz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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