HCV and renal disease: Not always associated with mixed cryoglobulinemia

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Garozzo, Maurizio ^a,b   Finocchiaro, P ^a   Martorano, C ^a   Zoccali, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANCA; Cryoglobulinemia; Glomerulonephritis; HCV

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CREATININE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 0242521630     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp60361     Document Type: Article

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