GBV-C/HGV and HCV infection in mixed cryoglobulinaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 510-514

  Crovatto, Marina ^a   Mazzaro, Cesare ^a   Mishiro, Shunij ^b   Santini, Gianfranco ^a   Baracetti, Stefano ^c   Zorat, Francesca ^c   Pozzato, Gabriele ^c,d  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELLS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0032821994     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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