Detection of hepatitis C virus core protein in the glomeruli of patients with membranous glomerulonephritis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Okada, K ^a   Takishita, Y ^b   Shimomura, H ^c   Tsuji, T ^c   Miyamura, T ^d   Kuhara, T ^a   Yasutomo, K ^a   Kagami, S ^a   Kuroda, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immuno complexes; Membranous glomerulonephritis; Nucleocapsid core antigen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COMPLEMENT C3; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030023004     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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