Extrahepatic immune related manifestations in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 12372-12380

  Tampaki, Maria ^a   Koskinas, John ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Cryoglobulinemia; Extrahepatic manifestations; Hepatitis c virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN;

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CROSS REACTION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LANGERHANS CELL; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MONARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLICATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84909585834     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i35.12372     Document Type: Review

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