Rheumatoid factor in the serum of hepatitis C virus-infected patients: An increase in the titre during cold storage

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 438-442

  Ueda, Kazuhito ^a   Nakagawa, Toshimasa ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Hideto ^a   Fukuda, Akira ^a   Ohsawa, Nakaaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement activation in vitro; Cryoglobulin; Hepatitis C virus; Immune complex; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STORAGE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029812209     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329603300507     Document Type: Article

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