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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2004 19(10):2680-2682; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh438
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Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 19 No. 10 © ERA-EDTA 2004; all rights reserved

Letter

Hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome and acute renal failure with cryoglobulin (–) hepatitis C infection

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Sir,

Hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS) is a rarely observed disease. Diagnostic criteria are the presentation of chronic urticaria and hypocomplementaemia, with at least two of the following: vasculitis findings from dermal biopsies, arthralgia or arthritis, glomerulonephritis, uveitis or episcleritis, repeated abdominal pain and the presence of C1q precipitating factor in the plasma [1]. Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been associated with a variety of extrahepatic disorders, including renal disease and vasculitis [2]. The association of cryoglobulin (–) HCV infection . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Omer Toprak, Mustafa Cirit1, Halil Uzunel, Rifki Ersoy, Murat Ermete, Belkis Unsal and Fusun Guven

1 Nephrology2 Pathology3 Gastroenterology4 Dermatology Ataturk Training and Research Hospital Izmir Turkey Email: info@omertoprak.com


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