Treatment of cryoglobulinemia associated peripheral neuropathy with rituximab

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Cai, Fin Zheng Jun [1 ]
Ahern, Michael [1 ]
Smith, Malcolm [1 ]
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[1] Repatriat Gen Hosp, Dept Rheumatol, Daw Pk, SA, Australia
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cryoglobulinemia; hepatitis C virus; peripheral neuropathy; rituximab; interferon-alpha; ribavirin;
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R5 [内科学];
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We describe a man with hepatitis C virus related cryoglobulinemic vasculitis that was resistant to combination treatment of prednisolone, interferon-alpha, and ribavirin, and that went into remission after treatment with rituximab.
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