HCV-associated cryoglobulinaemia presenting with vasculitis, hepatitis, and glomerulonephritis - A therapeutic dilemma

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1168-1171

  Treichel, U ^a   Wandel, E ^a   Gerken, G ^a   Dienes, H P ^a   Meyer zum Buschenfelde K H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VASCULITIS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0029900422     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.6.1168     Document Type: Article

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