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A Maaouni

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[Mixed cryoglobulinemia with monoclonal IgA and biclonal IgM during hepatitis C virus infection].

Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that precipitate at low temperature and dissolve when warmed. According to Brouet, their classification relies upon the immunochemical study: type I comprises monoclonal immunoglobulins (IGG), when types II and III include both monoclonal and polyclonal components. During C hepatitis, the presence of a cryoglobulin, essentially made of mixed G-IGG and M-IGG, is a common feature with a prevalence of 40 to 80%. The authors report a case of a 63-year patient who presented with a vascular purpura and a peripheral polyneuropathy in a context of C hepatitis infection. The cryoglobulin found was composed of a monoclonal kappa A-IgG associated with a biclonal kappa and lambda M-IgG. No decrease of normal IgGs was found. This type of cryoglobulin does not belong to Brouet's classification, and argues for a new and more pertinent classification to be proposed.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
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[Cardiovascular involvement in Behçet's disease. (author's transl)].

35 cases of Behçet disease are presented including 16 vascular manifestations: 14 veinous thrombosis with 9 vena cava obstruction; 1 femoral aneurysm; 2 pulmonar arteries thrombosis; 3 pericarditis; 2 myocardial infarction. In all these cases corticosteroids and anti-coagulation therapy were instituted. With a follow-up from 5 to 36 months, only 5 relapsed in the five first months of therapy. The authors suggest systematic anticoagulation or anti-agregant therapy in Behçet disease.

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