Article
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes, human leucocyte antigen expression and monoclonal gammopathy prevalence during chronic HCV infection.
Cytobios - 1 Jan 2001
Perrone A, Deramo M T, Spaccavento F, Santarcangelo P, Favoino B, Antonaci S
Abstract excerpt
Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (530 in toto), and 294 individuals with chronic liver disease of different aetiology, were enrolled in this study to investigate the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathies (MG) during chronic liver dysfunction. A monoclonal band was detected in 61 HCV+ patients and in nine HCV subjects only. In both instances, a correlation between MG presence and advanced...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biopsy
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Chronic Disease
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Female
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
