Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 465-470

  Johnson, Richard J ^a   Gretch, David R ^a   Yamabe, Hideaki ^b   Hart, Jaime ^a   Bacchi, Carlos E ^a   Hartwell, Peter ^a   Couser, William G ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a   Wener, Mark H ^a   Alpers, Charles E ^a   Willson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COMPLEMENT 3; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROTEINURIA; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027393927     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199302183280703     Document Type: Article

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