GB virus C infection in patients with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 891-894

  Misiani, Rocco ^a   Mantero, Giovanni ^b   Bellavita, Piermario ^a   Mori, Luigi ^b   Vicari, Omar ^a   Marchesi, Donatella ^a   Primi, Daniele ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030671563     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-10-199711150-00005     Document Type: Article

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