Hepatitis C virus genotype analysis in patients with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1 I, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Zignego, Anna Linda ^a   Ferri, Clodoveo ^b   Giannini, Carlo ^a   Monti, Monica ^a   La Civita, Luca ^b   Careccia, Grazia ^a   Longombardo, Giovanni ^b   Lombardini, Francesco ^b   Bombardieri, Stefano ^b   Gentilini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Rheumatology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 9044238834     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-1_part_1-199601010-00006     Document Type: Article

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