Antibodies to hepatitis C virus in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia
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Cryoglobulinemia in patients with hepatitis C
Introduction: Cryoglobulinemia is a kind of immunoglobuline that form in various conditions. These imunoglobulines, precipitate in cold environment and restore to soluble state upon rewarming. Nowadays, strong association between cryoglobulines and hepatitis C has been proposed. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study in which we included all documented cases of hepatitis C infection wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-3591
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780341221