Autoimmune disease is not a feature of hepatitis C infection in Ireland

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 522-524

  Sachithanandan, Sharmila ^a   Fielding, John Francis ^a  

^a MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Hepatitis C; HLA status; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRELAND; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN; STOMACH; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030693243     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199710000-00008     Document Type: Article

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