Hepatitis C virus infection in Italian patients with fibromyalgia

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-103

  Palazzi, C ^a   D'Amico, E ^b   D'Angelo, Sal ^c   Nucera, A ^d   Petricca, A ^a   Olivieri, I ^c  

^a Villa Pini Clinic   (Italy)

^b SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Hepatitis C virus; Infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ISCHIALGIA; ITALY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT IMMUNOBLOT ASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA;

EID: 36549063828     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0737-4     Document Type: Article

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