Hepatitis C virus infection and mixed cryoglobulinemia

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lauletta, Gianfranco ^a   Russi, Sabino ^a   Conteduca, Vincenza ^a   Sansonno, Loredana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BOCEPREVIR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; IMATINIB; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; RITUXIMAB; TELAPREVIR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; APHERESIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN ULCER; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOKINE CXCL13; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84864950157     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/502156     Document Type: Review

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