Cryoglobulinemia in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Host genetic and virological study

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-57

  Marais, Dianne J ^a   Best, Jennifer M ^a   Rose, Robert C ^b   Keating, Patrick ^b   Soeters, Robbert ^c   Denny, Lynnette ^c   Dehaeck, Catherine M C ^a   Nevin, James ^a   Kay, Patti ^b   Passmore, Jo Ann ^b   Williamson, Anna Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; HCV; HLA; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SUPERNATANT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034897610     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2000     Document Type: Article

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