혈장분리반출술을 시행한 한랭글로불린혈증성 다발성 신경병증 1례-증례보고- = A Case of Essential Cryoglobulinemic Polyneuropathy Treated with Plasmapheresis-A case report-

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Peripheral polyneuropathy is caused by various disorders such as diabetes mellitus. Cryoglobulinemia, as a cause of peripheral polyneuropathy, has been well documented in many reports. Recently we experienced a case of essential cyroglobulinemic polyneuropathy and therapeutic effect of plasmapheresis was shown even in chronic periods. In a patient with peripheral polyneuropathy with no known etiology, one should always consider cryoglobulinemia as a cause since early diagnosis and proper treatment will lead to better outcome.

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