Prevalence and clinical presentations of hepatitis C virus among patients admitted to the rheumatology ward

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2691-2695

  El Garf, Ayman ^a,b   El Zorkany, Bassel ^a   Gheith, Rasha ^a   Sheba, H ^a   Moneim, Geilan Abdel ^a   El Garf, Kamal ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clinical presentations; Egypt; HCV; Prevalence; Rheumatology wards

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL GANGRENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; OSTEOMALACIA; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WARD;

EID: 84866407788     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2014-8     Document Type: Article

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