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Serial serum samples from 85 children with glomerulopathies and 14 healthy controls were examined for the presence of cryoproteins.
The patients were divided in six groups according to their clinical and glomerular pathologic findings. The incidence and the protein concentration of the cryoprecipitates were determined
The incidence and concentration of serum cryoprotein in patients with glomerulopathies were not different from the control group, regardless of the immunopathologic findings. No correlation was found between the clinical course and the presence of cryoproteins.
Cryoproteins in patients with glomerulopathies are not indicators of an immunologic mediated disease and do not have a prognostic value.
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Garin, E., Austin, S. & Richard, G. 1066 CRYOPROTEINS IN PRIMARY GLOMERULOPATHIES. Pediatr Res 12 (Suppl 4), 541 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-01072
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