Anticardiolipin antibodies in chronic hepatitis C: Implication of hepatitis C virus as the cause of the antiphospholipid syndrome

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Prieto, Jesus ^a   Yuste, José R ^a   Beloqui, Oscar ^a   Civeira, María P ^a   Riezu, José I ^a   Aguirre, Benedicto ^a   Sangro, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERFERON; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030059648     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008591841     Document Type: Article

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