Hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinaemia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1063-1065

  Dumoulin, Franz Ludwig ^a   Spengler, Ulrich ^a   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemia; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon alpha

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; B LYMPHOCYTE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030697259     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199711000-00007     Document Type: Review

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