Incidence, character and clinical relevance of mixed cryoglobulinaemia in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Wong, V S ^a   Egner, W ^b   Elsey, T ^b   Brown, D ^b   Alexander, G J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complement; HCV RNA; hepatitis C virus; mixed cryglobulinaemia

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029882830     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-639.x     Document Type: Article

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