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Open studies for Cryoglobulinemia Disease:

Rituximab to Treat Hepatitis C-Associated Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis

Characterization of Clonal B Cell Populations in HCV Infection

Edgar Charles, MD,  Principal Investigator  Rockefeller University   

Research on Cryoglobulinemia  from Entrez Pubmed:

The US National Library of Medicine has a search service that allows anyone with internet access to look for medical articles free of charge.  PubMed makes it easy to look up diseases, medicines, research authors or any combination of the above.  Here is a partial listing of some of the research.

It is important to note that much research results in preliminary findings that should not be confused with established fact. These links are from Entrez PubMed: 

1) Cryoglobulinemia-Related Vasculitis During Effective Anti-HCV Treatment with PEG-Interferon alfa-2b

De Blasi T, Aguilar Marucco D, Cariti G, Maiello A, De Rosa FG, Di Perri G

Dept. of Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149, Turin, Italy

2) HCV-Related Immunocytoma and Type II Mixed Cryoglobulinemia-Associated Autoantigens

Simula MP, Caggiari L, Gloghini A, DE Re V.

Farmacologia Sperimentale e Clinica

DOMERT, Dipartimento di Oncologia

Molecolare e Ricerca Traslazionale, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS. V.F. Gallini

2 33081 Aviano, Pordenone, Italy

3) Anti-GM1 and anti-sulfatide antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, mixed cryoglobulinemia and idiopathic systemic vasculitis

Alpa M, Ferrero B, Cavallo R, Perna A, Naretto C, Gennaro M, Di Simone D, Bellizia L, Mansouri M, Rossi D, Modena V, Giachino O, Sena LM, Roccatello D

Centro Multidisciplinare di Ricerche di Immunopatologia e Documentazione su Malattie Rare, Struttura Complessa Direzione Universitaria di Immunologia Clinica,

Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

4) Cryoglobulinaemia associated with hepatitis C virus: influence of HCV genotypes, HCV-RNA viraemia and HIV coinfection

Ramos-Casals M, Forns X, Brito-Zerón P, Vargas A, Ruiz M, Laguno M, Yagüe J, Sánchez-Tapias JM, Gatell JM, Font J

Department of Autoimmune Diseases,

Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques

August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

5) Type II cryoglobulinemia is not associated with hepatitis C infection: the Dutch experience

Cohen Tervaert JW, Van Paassen P, Damoiseaux J

Department of Clinical and Experimental Immunology,

University Hospital Maastricht,

P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht,

the Netherlands

6) Efficacy of low-dose rituximab for mixed cryoglobulinemia

Visentini M, Granata M, Veneziano ML, Borghese F, Carlesimo M, Pimpinelli F, Fiorilli M, Casato M

Department of Clinical Immunology,

University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale dell'Università 37, 00185, Rome, Italy

7) Hepatitis C-associated mixed cryoglobulinaemia: a crossroad between autoimmunity and lymphoproliferation

Saadoun D, Landau DA, Calabrese LH,

Cacoub PP

Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6,

CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France

8) Indication for plasma exchange for systemic necrotizing vasculidities

Guillevin L, Pagnoux C

9) Cryoglobulinemia related to hepatitis C virus infection

Dore MP, Fattovich G, Sepulveda AR, Realdi G

Istituto di Clinica Medica,

University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Cryoglobulinemia

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