Thrombocytopenia and other extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection - Case report;Małopłytkowość i inne pozawa̧trobowe zaburzenia w przebiegu zakażenia wirusem zapalenia wa̧troby typu C - Opis przypadku

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 21, Issue 121, 2006, Pages 62-64

  Berendt Obołończyk, Monika ^a   Kazimierska, Ewa ^a   Sworczak, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 33747061239     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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