Chinese medical journal
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Chinese medical journal · Jul 2019
ReviewCryoglobulinemic vasculitis and glomerulonephritis: concerns in clinical practice.
Cryoglobulinemia often causes systemic vasculitis, thereby damaging to skin and internal organs including kidneys, even life-threatening. This review aimed to introduce the advances in understanding, detection, and treatment of this disease in recent years, with a particular concern to clinical practice. ⋯ Laboratory examinations of serum cryoglobulins urgently need standardization. The recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Cryo Vas and GN need to be popularized among the clinicians in related disciplines.