Mixed cryoglobulinemia in hepatitis C patients

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-29

  Cacoub, Patrice ^a   Hausfater, Pierre ^a   Musset, Lucile ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Vystemic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

ARTHRALGIA; ASTHENIA; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES; PURPURA; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034109321     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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