Hepatitis C infection presenting with rheumatic manifestations: A mimic of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 979-983

  Lovy, Michael Robert ^a,b,c   Starkebaum, Gordon ^a,b,c   Uberoi, Sunanda ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HEPATITIS C; INTRAVENOUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TENOSYNOVITIS

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0029991728     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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