Cryoglobulinemia in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. About 76 cases;Frequence de la cryoglobulinemie au cours de l'infection virale chronique C. A propos d'une série de 76 malades

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 664-668

  Fekih, Monia ^a   Bouallegue, Lamia ^a   Boubaker, Jalel ^a   Matri, Samira ^a   Sassi, Amel ^a   Filali, Azza ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Extra hepatic manifestations; Hepatitic C virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30144432330     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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