type III cryoglobulin
Last reviewed 01/2018
Type III cryoglobulins are a polyclonal cryoglobulin in association with a polyclonal rheumatoid factor. The immunoglobulin composition include:
- IgM-IgG
- IgM-IgG-IgA
The clinical associations with a type III cryoglobulinaemia include:
- SLE
- rheumatoid arthritis
- EBV
- Sjogren's disease
- CMV
- hepatitis B
- infective endocarditis
- Kala-azar
- leprosy
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- post-streptococcal nephritis
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)