Hepatitis C virus infection in mixed cryoglobulinemia and B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Evidence for a pathogenetic role

Archives of Virology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 545-555

  Zignego, A L ^a,d   Ferri, C ^b   Giannini, C ^a   La Civita, L ^b   Careccia, G ^a   Longombardo, G ^b   Bellesi, G ^a   Caracciolo, F ^b   Thiers, V ^c   Gentilini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; VIROLOGY;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 8244245756     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050100     Document Type: Article

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