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, Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo, Ajax Mercês Atta, Maria Luiza Brito de Sousa Atta, Larissa Santana de Jesus, Gabriel Menezes de Sousa, Carolina Alves Costa Silva, Raymundo Paraná
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
hepatitis C
muscle
smooth
antibody specificity
cryoglobulins
liver diseases
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