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POST PARTUM NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN MIXED ESSENTIAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA
Author(s) -
GOODMAN G. J.,
RYAN P. F. J.,
SINCLAIR R. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1983.tb02620.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cryoglobulinemia , post partum , nephrotic syndrome , pediatrics , immunology , pregnancy , hepatitis c virus , virus , biology , genetics
The clinical and histological findings of a patient with mixed essential cryoglobulinemia (MECG) who developed post partum renal failure and the nephrotic syndrome are described. The renal insufficiency responded dramatically to intensive plasma exchange and longer term immunosuppression with associated resolution of the renal histological changes. To our knowledge deterioration of renal function in the post partum period has not been previously described in the syndrome of MECG. (Aust NZ J Med 1983; 13: 633–635.)