Prevalence of cryoglobulinaemia in hepatitis C virus- and hepatitis C virus/human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals: Implications for renal function

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1158-1161

  Lapinski, Tadeusz Wojciech ^a   Parfieniuk, Anna ^a   Rogalska Plonska, Magdalena ^a   Czajkowska, Jolanta ^b   Flisiak, Robert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Specialist Hospital in Bialystok   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemia; HCV and HIV; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; CYSTATIN C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; CYSTATIN C; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; UREA;

EID: 70350074443     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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