Cryoglobulinaemia and autoimmune markers in Hepatitis C virus infected patients on renal replacement therapy

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 225-229

  Anis, Sabiha ^a   Muzaffar, Rana ^a   Ahmed, Ejaz ^a   Ali, Sabz ^a   Nadir, Abdul ^b   Naqvi, Anwar ^a   Rizvi, Adibul Hassan ^a  

^a SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

^b Maricopa Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER KIDNEY MICROSOMAL ANTIBODY; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548853475     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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