Hepatitis C virus infection induced vasculitis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-39

  Cacoub, Patrice ^a,b   Saadoun, David ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; HCV infection; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon alpha; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Rituximab; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN; RITUXIMAB;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JOINT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPATHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASMAPHERESIS; PURPURA; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PURPURA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 55249111791     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-007-8070-x     Document Type: Review

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