Chronic hepatitis C associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-460

  Hamazaki, Kei ^a,c   Baba, Masaru ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kai, Motokazu ^a   Araki, Miho ^a   Watanabe, Noriko ^a   Tuneya, Yasuo ^a   Kumazawa, Masatugu ^a   Adachi, Yukihiko ^b  

^a Mie Pref General Medical Center   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case report; Chronic hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Lymphoproliferative disorders; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0038557116     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.02800.x     Document Type: Article

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