GB virus C in systemic medium- and small-vessel necrotizing vasculitides
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GB virus C in systemic medium- and small-vessel necrotizing vasculitides.
BACKGROUND Vasculitides are diseases of unknown origin in the majority of cases, but sometimes are the consequence of viral infections; for instance, hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) or hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated cryoglobulinaemia. OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of hepatitis G or GB virus C (GBV-C) in various forms of medium- and small-vessel vasculitides....
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1460-2172
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/37.12.1292