Abstracts tagged "environmental factors and prevention"

Abstract Number: 2039 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Micro and Nanoparticles As Possible Causative-Prognostic Co-Factors Of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Syndrome
Erica Artoni¹, Gian Luca Sighinolfi¹, Daniele Campioli², Marco Sebastiani³, Dilia Giuggioli³ and Clodoveo Ferri⁴, ¹Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ²Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Azienda Ospedaliera - Policlino di Modena, Modena, Italy, ³Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that patients affected by membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MCs) show the presence of circulating micro and nanoparticles (MPs and…