Sjögren's syndrome, mixed cryoglobulinaemia and the monoclonal gammopathies

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1996, Pages

  Vitali, C ^a,b   Bombardieri, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology ^*

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Lymphoproliferative disease; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia; Monoclonal gammopathy; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR; CRYOGLOBULIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PARAPROTEINEMIA; REVIEW;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0030004947     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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