Observations on cryoglobulin testing: II. The association of oligoclonal mixed cryoglobulinemia with cirrhosis in patients infected with hepatitis C virus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1956-1957

  De Rosa, Francesco G ^a,c   Ábel, György ^a   Agnello, Vincent ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cryoglobulins; Hepatitis C virus; Oligoclonal

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; CRYOGLOBULIN TYPE IIA; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 70349248613     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090189     Document Type: Article

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