Cryoglobulinemia in chronic hepatitis C: clinical aspects and response to treatment with interferon alpha and ribavirin Crioglobulinemia na hepatite crônica C: aspectos clínicos e resposta ao tratamento com interferon alfa e ribavirina

INTRODUCTION: The main extra-hepatic manifestation of hepatitis C is mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC). The aim of this study was to evaluate its prevalence among patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), to correlate its presence to host and virological variables and to the response to combined therapy wi...

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Main Authors: Edison Roberto Parise, Ana Cláudia de Oliveira, Maria Lúcia Ferraz, Aparecido Bernardo Pereira, Kátia Ramos Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652007000200001