Monoclonal gammopathy among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 366-368

  Tawfik, Nehad M ^a   El Deeb, Manal ^a   Nasr, Aml S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

HCV; Monoclonal gammopathy; non HCV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 84876884873     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31825d68d0     Document Type: Article

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