Peripheral neuropathy associated with essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia: A role for hepatitis C virus infection?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-666

  Apartis, Emmanuelle ^a   Léger, Jean Marc ^a   Musset, Lucile ^a   Gugenheim, Michel ^a   Cacoub, Patrice ^a   Lyon Caen, Olivier ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^a   Hauw, Jean Jacques ^a   Bouche, Pierre ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus infection; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENT; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSAMINASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029683592     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.6.661     Document Type: Article

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