Epidemiology, clinical spectrum and prognostic value of mixed cryoglobulinaemia in hepatitis C virus patients: A prospective study

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Adinolfi, L E ^a   Utili, R ^a   Attanasio, V ^a   Zampino, R ^a   Ragone, E ^a   Tripodi, M F ^a   Ruggiero, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Cryoglobulinaemia; Hcv

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030000675     PISSN: 03920623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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