Haplotype HLA-B8-DR3 confers susceptibility to hepatitis C virus- related mixed cryoglobulinemia

Blood

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2062-2066

  Lenzi, Marco ^a   Frisoni, Magda ^b   Mantovani, Vilma ^b   Ricci, Paolo ^b   Muratori, Luigi ^b   Francesconi, Raffaella ^b   Cuccia, Mariaclara ^b   Ferri, Silvio ^b   Bianchi, Francesco B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0032520985     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.6.2062.2062_2062_2066     Document Type: Article

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