Molecular analysis of VHI+ B lymphocytes in hepatitis C patients

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 788-794

  Galli Stampino, L ^a   Pasqualini, A ^a   Pozzato, G ^b   Bonino, F ^c   Filipponi, F ^c   Mosca, M ^d   Masciopinto, F ^a   Abrignani, S ^a   Uematsu, Yasushi ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clonal expansion; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 1542703795     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00452-3     Document Type: Article

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