Mixed cryoglobulinemia and mortality: A review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5 SUPPL. 51, 2008, Pages

  Della Rossa, Alessandra ^a   Marchi, Francesco ^a   Catarsi, Eleonora ^a   Tavoni, Antonio ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV infection; Mixed cryloglobulinemia; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 55449123905     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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