Renal involvement in hepatitis C infection: Cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis

Kidney International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 650-671

  D'Amico, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Membranoproliferative GN; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Renal vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031823457     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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