Polyarteritis nodosa and cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis related to chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Canada, Robert ^b   Chaudry, Sufiyan ^b   Gaber, Lillian ^b   Waters, Bradford ^a   Martinez, Antonio ^a   Wall, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C; Polyarteritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; VASCULITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERONS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33745259925     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200606000-00008     Document Type: Article

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