Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis associated with hepatitis C virus infection;Hepatitis-C-virus-assoziierte kryoglobulinamische vaskulitis. Pathophysiologle, diagnostik und therapie

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 637-642

  Lamprecht, P ^a,b,c   Schnabel, A ^a,b,c   Gross, W L ^a,b,c  

^a Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Krankenhausabteilung   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULITIS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032523385     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024032     Document Type: Review

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