Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and cryoglobulinemia: Analysis of whole blood and plasma HCV-RNA concentrations and correlation with liver histology

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 737-744

  Schmidt, Warren N ^a,b,c   Stapleton, Jack T ^a,b   LaBrecque, Douglas R ^a,b   Mitros, Frank A ^a,b   Kirby, Patricia A ^a,b   Phillips, Mary Jeanne Perino ^a   Brashear, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0033998983     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310326     Document Type: Article

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