Mixed cryoglobulinemia secondary to hepatitis C virus infection

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Agnello, V ^a   Romain, P L ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CRYOGLOBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ETIOLOGY; FATIGUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029961981     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-857X(05)70259-3     Document Type: Article

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