Renal failure associated with hepatitis C virus infection. Improvement in renal function after treatment with interferon-α

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 443-446

  Moses, Peter L ^a   Krawitt, Edward L ^b   Aziz, Waseem ^b   Corwin, Howard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cryoglobulinemia; hepatitis C; interferon ; membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 0031047321     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018803027109     Document Type: Article

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