Mixed cryoglobulinaemia and chronic hepatitis C virus infection: The rheumatic manifestations

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 200-203

  Leone, N ^a,c   Pellicano, R ^a   Maiocco, Ariata ^b   Modena, V ^c   Marietti, G ^a   Rizzetto, M ^b   Ponzetto, A ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Traumatologia Ortopedia e Medicina del Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Liver cirrhosis; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia; Rheumatologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0036137069     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2130     Document Type: Article

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