MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUS

Authors
AGNELLO V
Citation
V. Agnello, MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUS, Hospital practice, 30(3), 1995, pp. 35-42
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Hospital practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
87502836
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
35 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
8750-2836(1995)30:3<35:MCAHV>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
HCV appears to cause chiefly an asymptomatic chronic infection, which is nonetheless linked to a heightened prevalence of ''essential'' mixe d cryoglobulinemia. The monoclonal rheumatoid factor occurring in the disease may result from chronic stimulation of the immune system, perh aps by the virus directly.