Arthritis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 420-424

  Rivera, Javier ^a   García Monforte, Aurelio ^a   Pineda, Alfonso ^a   Núñez Cortés, Jesús Millán ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Infection; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS; COMPLEMENT C3; CRYOGLOBULINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0344177600     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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