Autoimmune hemolytic anemia occurred prior to evident nephropathy in a patient with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Case report

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Ohsawa, Isao ^a   Uehara, Yuki ^a   Hashimoto, Sumiko ^b   Endo, Morito ^a   Fujita, Takayuki ^a   Ohi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PROTEINURIA; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; BIOPSY; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE;

EID: 2942720674     PISSN: 14712369     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-4-7     Document Type: Article

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