Clinicopathological study of mixed cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis secondary to hepatitis B virus infection

BMC Nephrology

Table 1 Clinical data of seven patients with mixed cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis associated with HBV infection

Case	Gender	Age (yrs)	Kidney disease history before renal biopsy (months)	Clinical renal syndrome	HTN	Extrarenal involvement	HBsAg	HBsAb	HBeAg	HBeAb	HBcAb	HBV-DNA (copies/ml)
1	Female	40’s-50’s	60	NS	Yes	Cutaneous, Articular	+	–	–	+	+	< 10³
2	Female	50’s-60’s	0.5	RPGN	Yes	Cutaneous, Peripheral nerve	+	–	–	+	+	< 10³
3	Female	30’s-40’s	1	NS	Yes	None	+	–	+	–	+	1.14 × 10⁶
4	Male	60’s-70’s	4	NS	Yes	Cutaneous	+	–	–	+	+	< 10³
5	Male	20’s-30’s	43	NS	No	Cutaneous, Cardiac	+	–	+	–	+	5 × 10⁶
6	Male	50’s-60’s	36	Nephritic	Yes	Cutaneous	+	–	–	+	+	< 10³
7	Male	40’s-50’s	240	NS	Yes	Cutaneous	+	–	–	+	+	2.27 × 10⁸

NS Nephrotic syndrome, RPGN Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, HTN Hypertension

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