Smooth muscle antibodies and cryoglobulinemia are associated with advanced liver fibrosis in Brazilian hepatitis C virus carriers

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-68

  Andrade, Luis Jesuino de Oliveira ^a   de Melo, Paulo Roberto Santana ^a   Atta, Ajax Mercês ^b   Atta, Maria Luiza Brito de Sousa ^b   de Jesus, Larissa Santana ^b   de Sousa, Gabriel Menezes ^b   Silva, Carolina Alves Costa ^b   Paraná, Raymundo ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody specificity; Cryoglobulins; Hepatitis C; Liver diseases; Muscle; Smooth

Indexed keywords

SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CARRIER STATE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955967128     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70142-8     Document Type: Article

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