Cryoglobulinemia in primary Sjogren's syndrome: Prevalence and clinical characteristics in a series of 115 patients

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-205

  Ramos Casals, M ^a   Cervera, R ^a   Yague, J ^a   Garcia Carrasco, M ^a   Trejo, O ^a   Jimenez, S ^a   Morla, R M ^a   Font, J ^a   Ingelmo, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C virus; Primary Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SS A ANTIBODIES; SS B ANTIBODIES; SS-A ANTIBODIES; SS-B ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; ALLERGIC VASCULITIS; BLOOD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0031593749     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(98)80037-1     Document Type: Article

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