Mixed cryoglobulinaemia in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection: Prevalence, significance and relationship with different viral genotypes

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 352-358

  Horcajada, Juan P ^a,b   García Bengoechea, Manuel ^a   Cilla, Gustavo ^a   Etxaniz, Pilar ^a   Cuadrado, Emilio ^a   Arenas, Juan I ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemia; Cryoglobulins; Genotype; Hepatitis C; RNA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CRYOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SERUM; SYMPTOM; VIRAL GENETICS;

EID: 0032731364     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899908995902     Document Type: Article

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