Type II mixed cryoglobulinaemia, hepatitis C virus infection, and glomerulonephritis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1996, Pages 25-30

  Fornasieri, A ^a   D'Amico, G ^a  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS RNA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEPATITIS C; KIDNEY DISEASE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UREMIA;

EID: 0029905706     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.supp4.25     Document Type: Review

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