Extrahepatic manifestations in patients with chronic infections due to the hepatitis C virus;Manifestaciones extrahepáticas en pacientes con infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis C

Reumatologia Clinica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Ramos Casals, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C virus; Systemic autoimmune disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; REVIEW; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 62349128353     PISSN: 1699258X     EISSN: 18851398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2008.05.001     Document Type: Review

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