Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis (CryoVas): management
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis (CryoVas): management. Antinuclear antibodies (ANA). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Immunological investigations
- Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
- Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
- Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
- Anti-smooth muscle antibodies
- Anti-extractable nuclear antibodies (ENA)
- Cryoglobulins: quantification and characterisation
- Rheumatoid factor activity
- Complement levels
Other investigations
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Treatment of vasculitis
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Treatment of HCV
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References
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- Anis S, Abbas K, Mubarak M, Ahmed E, Bhatti S, Muzaffar R. Vasculitis with renal involvement in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia: Case report and mini-review. World J Clin Cases 2014; 2:160-166.
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- Hanna RM, So N, Kaldas M, et al. Case report: patient with hepatitis C, p-ANCA, and cryoglobulin antibodies presenting with necrotizing crescentic p-ANCA glomerulonephritis. Case Rep Nephrol Dial 2018; 8:161-170.
- Roccatello D, Saadoun D, Ramos-Casals M, et al. Cryoglobulinaemia. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2018; 4:11.
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