Hepatitis C Virus and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Further Pieces to the Puzzle [8]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1016-1017

  Csepregi, Antal ^a,b   Poór, Gyula ^c   Nemesánszky, Elemér ^a  

^a Polyclin Hosp Bros St John God ^*  (Hungary)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342446539     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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