Hepatitis C virus and Sjögren's syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 533-535

  Sugai, Susumu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; CD40 CD40L interaction; Diabetes mellitus; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMYOSITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 21644458486     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.533     Document Type: Editorial

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