Communicating hydrocephalus in a patient with mixed cryoglobulinemia and chronic hepatitis C

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-77

  Palazzi, C ^a   D'Amico, E ^a,b,d   Fratelli, V ^a   Buonaguidi, R ^a,c   Consoli, G ^a,c  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Liver Unit   (Italy)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic hepatitis; communicating hydrocephalus; HCV; mixed cryoglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029916162     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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