Essential mixed type II cryoglobulinemia in a HCV positive pregnant woman: Case report

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 129-131

  Alberico, S ^a   Mazza, S ^a   Grimaldi, E ^a   Volpe, C ^a   Guaschino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; HCV; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0032416216     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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