Extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C infection and the interrelationship between primary Sjogren's syndrome and hepatitis C in Swedish patients

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-132

  Verbaan, H ^a   Carlson, J ^a   Eriksson, S ^a   Larsson, A ^a   Liedholm, R ^a   Manthorpe, R ^a   Tabery, H ^a   Widell, A ^a   Lindgren, Stefan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C infection; Cryoprecipi tares; HCV; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Primary Sjogren's syndrome; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033026118     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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