Hepatitis C virus-related proteins in kidney tissue from hepatitis C virus-infected patients with cryoglobulinemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1237-1244

  Sansonno, Domenico ^a,b   Gesualdo, Loreto ^b   Manno, Carlo ^b   Schena, Francesco P ^b   Dammacco, Franco ^a  

^a Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VASCULITIS; VIRION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030996923     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250529     Document Type: Article

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