The etiology and pathophysiology of mixed cryoglobulinemia secondary to hepatitis C virus infection

Springer Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-129

  Agnello, Vincent ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BONE MARROW; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPES; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030833177     PISSN: 03444325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00945029     Document Type: Review

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