Extrahepatic manifestations associated with hepatitis C virus infection: A prospective multicenter study of 321 patients

Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-56

  Cacoub, Patrice ^a   Renou, Christophe ^d   Rosenthal, Eric ^e   Cohen, Pascal ^f   Loury, Isabelle ^g   Loustaud Ratti, Véronique ^h   Yamamoto, Ana Maria ^b   Camproux, Anne Claude ^a   Hausfater, Pierre ^a   Musset, Lucile ^a   Veyssier, Pierre ⁱ   Raguin, Gilles ^c   Piette, Jean Charles ^a   Amoura, Z ^j   Boissonnas, A ^j   Cacoub, P ^j   Camproux, A C ^j   Carrat, F ^j   Chapelon Abric, C ^j   Chemlal, K ^j   Cosserat, J ^j   De Gennes, C ^j   Frances C ^j   Ginsburg, C ^j   Godeau, P ^j   Hausfater, P ^j   Karmochkine, M ^j   Le Moing, V ^j   Musset, L ^j   Papo, T ^j   Piette, J C ^j   Poinsignon, Y ^j   Raguin, G ^j   Simon, J ^j   Wechsler, B ^j   Yamamoto, A M ^j   Ziza, J M ^j   Bernard, N ^j   Lacoste, D ^j   Loury, I ^j   Morlat, P ^j   Bouchard, O ^j   Micoud, M ^j   Chambourlier, P ^j   Renou, C ^j   Cohen, P ^j   Guillevin, L ^j   De Korwin, J D ^j   Wahl, D ^j   Devars Du Mayne, J F ^j   Dupont, C ^j   Hanslik, T ^j   Durand, J M ^j   Kaplanski, G ^j   Fior, R ^j   Galanaud, R ^j   Geffray, L ^j   Veyssier, P ^j   Goujard, C ^j   Hayek, R ^j   Laurichesse, H ^j   Le Lostec, Z ^j   Lunel Fabiani, F ^j   Loustaud Ratti, V ^j   Ouzan, D ^j   Perronne, C ^j   Raabe, J J ^j   Wang, A ^j   Rosenthal, E ^j   more..

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut Fédératif de Recherche 94   (France)

^c GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

^d Hopital d'Hyeres   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^f AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^h LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ Hôpital de Compiègne   (France)

^j Hopital de Compiègne ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CRYOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033979549     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200001000-00005     Document Type: Article

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