Cryoglobulinemia associated with hepatitis C-related chronic liver disease in Japan

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 246-248

  Tomoe, Masai ^b   Takatori, Masao ^b   Iwabuchi, Shogo ^a   Hno, Shiro ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIVER; PATHOLOGY;

CARRIER STATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031114897     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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