IgM class anticardiolipin antibody and anti-Ro/SS-A positivity in urticarial vasculitis associated with hepatitis C virus infection

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 930-932

  Sanli, Hatice ^a   Özdemir, Esin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISTAB; RO ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERFERON; SS A ANTIBODIES; SS-A ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY TITER; BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRUNK; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERONS; MIDDLE AGED; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036885777     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01681_2.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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