Hepatitis C virus infection with and without cryoglobulinemia as a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 814-817

  Mercié, Patrick ^a,d   Viallard, Jean François ^a   Faure, Isabelle ^a   Trimoulet, Pascale ^b   Vital, Anne ^b   Lifermann, François ^c   Leng, Bernard ^a   Pellegrin, Jean Luc ^a  

^a Clin Med Int/Maladies I   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de Dax   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon therapy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 0034114678     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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