Hepatitis C virus infection in 'primary' Sjogren's syndrome: Prevalence and clinical significance in a series of 90 patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-175

  Garcia Carrasco, Mario ^a   Ramos, Manel ^a   Cervera, Ricard ^a   Font, Josep ^a   Vidal, Josep ^a   Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Miret, Carles ^a   Espinosa, Gerard ^a   Ingelmo, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030903382     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.3.173     Document Type: Article

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