Smooth muscle antibodies and cryoglobulinemia are associated with advanced liver fibrosis in Brazilian hepatitis C virus carriers

Smooth muscle antibodies and cryoglobulinemia are associated with advanced liver fibrosis in Brazilian hepatitis C virus carriers

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Cryoglobulinemia and non-organ-specific-autoantibody are biomarkers of autoimmunity of the chronic infection caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). In this work, we report the association between the presence of smooth muscle antibodies (SMA) and cryoglobulinemia and chronic liver disease in HCV carrier...

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Main Authors: Luis Jesuino de Oliveira Andrade, PhD, Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo, PhD, Ajax Mercês Atta, Maria Luiza Brito de Sousa Atta, PhD, Larissa Santana de Jesus, Post-Graduate, Gabriel Menezes de Sousa, Post-Graduate, Carolina Alves Costa Silva, Medicine Student, Raymundo Paraná, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701428

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