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93554 Type II mixed cryoglobulinemia

definition

Type II mixed cryoglobulinemia, a relatively rare clinico-serological subtype of mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC, see this term), is an immune complex disorder characterized by purpura, weakness and arthralgia and defined immunochemically by cryoglobulins composed of polyclonal IgGs (autoantigens) and monoclonal IgM (autoantibody).