Lack of HCV replication during the course of HCV-associated arthritis

European Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-142

  Riccio, Antonio ^a   Postiglione, L ^a   Spano A ^a   Tarantino, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV replication; HCV associated arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 58149522606     PISSN: 1721727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1721727X0800600307     Document Type: Article

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