Severe cryoglobulinemia in a patient with asymptomatic hepatitis C virus infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 712-716

  Iguchi, Seitaro ^a   Toba, Ken ^a   Fuse, Ichiro ^a   Wada, Yoko ^a   Maruyama, Soichi ^a   Takahashi, Masuhiro ^a   Koike, Tadashi ^a   Nomoto, Minoru ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia; hyperviscosity syndrome; monoclonal gammopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 10544239536     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.712     Document Type: Article

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