Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies and cryoglobulinemia in patients with leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-28

  Güngör, Emel ^a,b   Cirit, A ^a   Alli, N ^a   Karakayali, G ^a   Gur G ^a   Artuz F ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C virus infection; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TURKEY; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 17544394892     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018059     Document Type: Article

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