Hepatitis C virus infection and acute or chronic glomerulonephritis: An epidemiological and clinical appraisal

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1991-1997

  Fabrizi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Pozzi, Claudio ^a   Farina, Marco ^a   Dattolo, Piero ^a   Lunghi, Giovanna ^a   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^a   Pagano, Antonio ^a   Locatelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemic and non cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis; HCV; Interferon therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0031851019     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.8.1991     Document Type: Article

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