Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1437-1438

  Mohan, Pazhanivel ^a   Rajasekaran, Muthusubramaniyan ^a   Ramanathan, Porkodi ^a   Venkataraman, Jayanthi ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950199985     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328324ed47     Document Type: Letter

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