Hepatitis C virus, mixed cryoglobulinaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 428-434

  Mazzaro, C ^a,c   Efremov, D G ^a   Burrone, O ^a,b   Pozzato, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN;

EID: 0031718819     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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