IgA rheumatoid factor in patients with chronic HCV infection: Prevalence and clinical correlations [3]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 524-

  Toubi, Elias ^a   Zuckerman, E ^a   Kessel, A ^a   Rozenbaum, M ^a   Rosner, I ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KERATIN ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER HISTOLOGY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0042699977     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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