title: [Cryoglobulins in arthritis].
abstract: During the years 1984-1986 we saw 22 patients with cryoglobulinemia, 8 of whom had rheumatoid arthritis, 1 psoriasis arthritis, 2 Sjögren syndrome, 1 progressive systemic sclerosis, 5 different arthralgias, 1 soft tissue rheumatism, 2 vasculitis and arthralgias and 2 purpura-arthralgia-nephritis syndrome. The measurement of cryoglobulins is done only in special cases of diagnostic importance. The prognostic outlook in patients with nephritis is bad. A monoclonal cryoglobulinemia is always suspicious for a lymphoproliferative syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology*; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000276:immunology*; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000276:immunology; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003450:Cryoglobulins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor
vernacular_title: Kryoglobuline bei Arthritis.