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Hepatitis C, cryoglobulinemia, and cirrhosis: a meta-analysis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 2002
Kayali Zeid, Buckwold Victor E, Zimmerman Bridget, Schmidt Warren N
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection develop detectable serum cryoglobulins or cryoprecipitates (CP), although most do not show clinical or physical signs of syndromic cryoglobulinemia. Although association of HCV with the extrahepatic complications of cryoglobulinemia is widely recognized, the relationship of cryoglobulinemia with liver disease is unclear. We wished to...
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