Detection and distribution of hepatitis C virus-related proteins in lymph nodes of patients with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia and neoplastic or non-neoplastic lymphoproliferation

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4638-4645

  Sansonno, Domenico ^b   De Vita, Salvatore ^b   Cornacchiulo, Vito ^b   Carbone, Antonino ^b   Boiocchi, Mauro ^b   Dammacco, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0029856185     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.12.4638.bloodjournal88124638     Document Type: Article

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