Cryoglobulinemia with vasculitis associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 272-277

  Marcellin, Patrick ^a   Descamps, Vincent ^b   Martinot Peignoux, Michèle ^a   Larzul, Daniel ^c   Xu, Lizhe ^c   Boyer, Nathalie ^a   Pham, Bach Nga ^a   Crickx, Béatrice ^b   Guillevin, Loïc ^d   Belaich, Stéphane ^b   Erlinger, Serge ^a   Benhamou, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c European Institute of Industrial Biology and Environmental Toxicology PlaisirFrance ^*

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RIBA, recombinant immunoblot assay

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0027500123     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(93)90862-7     Document Type: Article

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