Clinical study of cryoglobulinaemia in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 513-517

  Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a   Li, Chung Pin ^a   Lu, Rei Hwa ^a   Chan, Cho Yu ^a   Wu, Jaw Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Cryoglobulinaemia; Hepatitis C virus genotype; Hepatitis C virus viraemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030745498     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00475.x     Document Type: Article

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