Intrahepatic B cell clonal expansions and extrahepatic manifestations of chronic HCV infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-136

  Sansonno, Domenico ^a   Lauletta, Gianfranco ^a   De Re, Valli ^b   Tucci, Felicia Anna ^a   Gatti, Pietro ^a   Racanelli, Vito ^a   Boiocchi, Mauro ^b   Dammacco, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cell immune response; Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C virus; Lymphoproliferation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642554816     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324328     Document Type: Article

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