Incidence of cryoglobulins in chronic liver disease

Incidence of circulating cryoglobulins in 136 healthy controls and in 226 patients with chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or other liver diseases (such as autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis). Cryoglobulins were unusual in controls and most common in patients with hepatitis C virus infection, being detected in 54% of cases.