title: [Characterization and evolution of blood cryoglobulin in visceral leishmaniasis].
abstract: The evolution of immunological parameters in mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis reveal a type III mixed cryoglobulin with rhumatoid factor activity and antileishmania antibodies. This cryoglobulin follows the clinical signs of the disease and disappear under treatment. The authors insist on the transitory character of this cryoglobulin which is in relation with polyclonal stimulation of the immune system by parasitical infection.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Immunologie, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouiten
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalaoui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gorgi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Salem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ayed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003450:Cryoglobulins
vernacular_title: Caractérisation et évolution d'une cryoglobulinémie au cours d'une leishmaniose viscérale.