The significance of cryoglobulinemia in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1487-1489

  Cesur, Salih ^a,b   Akin, Kemal ^a   Kurt, Halil ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tuberkuloz Ref ve Arastirma Lab   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Chronic hepatitis C; Clinical manifestations; Cryoglobulinemia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141651596     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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