Treatment for glomerulonephritis in HCV-associated mixed cryoglobulinaemia - Anti-viral therapy vs rituximab [9]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-784

  Bruchfeld, Annette ^a,b   Saadoun, David ^c   Cacoub, Patrice ^c  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CD20 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FUROSEMIDE; IRON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN; RITUXIMAB;

ANEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS;

EID: 33745623963     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel134     Document Type: Letter

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