Immune and autoimmune disorders in HCV chronic liver disease: Personal experience and commentary on literature

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-317

  Giordano, Nicola ^a   Amendola, Alessandra ^a   Papakostas, Panayotis ^a   Cipolli, Fiorenza ^a   Agate, Vita Maria ^a   Battisti, Emilio ^a   Marchi, Bruna ^b   Nuti, Ranuccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV chronic liver disease; Immune and autoimmune disorders; Prevalence; Type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; THYROIDITIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 29244484226     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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