Prevalence of cryoglobulinemia in chronic hepatitis C virus infection and response to treatment with interferon-α

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 612-618

  Akriviadis, Evangelos A ^a   Xanthakis, Ioannis ^b   Navrozidou, Christina ^b   Papadopoulos, Anastassios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C; Interferon alpha

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RECURRENT DISEASE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031460361     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199712000-00013     Document Type: Article

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