Cryoglobulinaemia and rheumatic manifestations in patients with hepatitis C virus infection

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 728-731

  Lee, Young Ho ^a   Ji, Jong Dae ^a   Yeon, Jong Eun ^a   Byun, Kwan Soo ^a   Lee, Chang Hong ^a   Song, Gwan Gyu ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRY EYE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0345252012     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.12.728     Document Type: Article

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