Hepatitis C virus infection and autoimmunity

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 689-701

  McMurray, R W ^a   Elbourne, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arthritis; autoantibodies; autoimmunity; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHRITIS; NEUROPATHY; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIALOADENITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030933516     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(97)80005-4     Document Type: Article

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