Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in IgM-type monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance and Waldenström macroglobulinemia [7]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-

  Veneri, Dino ^a   Aqel, Haytham ^a   Franchini, Massimo ^b   Meneghini, Vittorio ^a   Krampera, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PREVALENCE; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 9644264291     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20219     Document Type: Letter

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