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  • Title: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, mixed cryoglobulinemia and lymphoma in the absence of hepatitis C infection.
    Author: Rosas SE, Tomaszewski JE, Feldman HI, Foster MH.
    Journal: Am J Nephrol; 1999; 19(5):599-604. PubMed ID: 10575191.
    Abstract:
    Chronic hepatitis C virus infection has been linked to cryoglobulinemia, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and malignant B-cell lymphoproliferation, suggesting a possible pathogenetic link between these disorders. We report a patient with the latter clinical triad in the absence of hepatitis C infection. We postulate that the persistent and dysregulated immunologic activity associated with chronic antigen stimulation, inflammation and/or B-cell malignancy induces nephritogenic autoantibodies, including cryoglobulins, that produce a similar clinical syndrome in genetically susceptible individuals.
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