Prevalence of hepatitis C virus associated at a veterans hospital

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2134-2138

  Kerr, Gail S ^a,d   Rofail, Magdy ^b   Lewis, James H ^b   Kumar, Puneet ^b   Seeff, Leonard B ^c  

^a Div Allerg Immunol Infect Dis   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; VASCULITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BIOPSY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0030710962     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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