Hepatitis C virus antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 437-439

  Kowdley, Kris V ^a   Subler, David E ^b   Scheffel, James ^c   Moore, Bonnie ^c   Smith, Howard ^b  

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

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; False positive antibody; Hepatitis C; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030663084     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199709000-00008     Document Type: Article

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