As our rare disease focus continues, Diane Dike, Ph.D. shares the challenges of being diagnosed with a rare disease and speaks with a newly diagnosed cryoglobulinemia patient. The rise in online ...

5 6 Types II and III cryoglobulinemia are associated with hepatitis C in about two-thirds of cases and autoimmune conditions in about one-third of cases.7 It is rare for lymphoproliferative disorders ...

Type II mixed essential CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (MEC) is often associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and leads to a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis usually accompanied by systemic ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...

The frequency of cryoglobulinemia was not significantly higher (4.8% vs 1.7%, p=0.32). Regarding treatments, patients with anti-RNP antibodies tended to receive more frequently corticosteroids (52.4% ...

Hepatitis C can be transmitted when blood that carries the virus comes into contact with the blood of someone who does not have the virus. This can occur if people share needles or personal care ...

Around 2.4 million to 3 million people in the United States live with hepatitis C. The real number is likely even higher because more than half of people who have hepatitis C don’t know it. The ...

The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) is a systemic disease activity index that was designed to measure disease activity in patients with primary SS. With the growing use ...