Rheumatic manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 225-227

  Mertens, J C C ^a   Ronday, H K ^a   Masclee, A A M ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POLYARTHRITIS; SIALOADENITIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031457907     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(97)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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