Clinical characteristics and muscle histopathology in polymyositis positive anti-hepatitis with C virus antibody

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-211

  Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Kawamoto, Mayumi ^a   Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Hino, Hidetada ^a   Shoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Infiltration cells; Muscle histopathology; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; MUSCLE ENZYME; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMYOSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0030793354     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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