Rapidly progressive HCV cirrhosis in a hypogammaglobulinemic patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-417

  Ermis, Fatih ^a   Akyüz, Filiz ^a   Demir, Kadir ^a   Beşisik, Fatih ^a   Boztas, Güngör ^a   Mungan, Zeynel ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Hypogammaglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40949131836     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0535     Document Type: Article

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