Article
Hepatitis C virus-mixed cryoglobulinemia-lymphoma relationship.
Romanian journal of internal medicine = Revue roumaine de medecine interne - 1 Jan 2011
Nicolau Adriana, Tănăsescu R, Bălănescu Eugenia, Bălănescu P, Pătraşcu Ruxandra, Tănăsescu C
Abstract excerpt
HCV (hepatitis C virus) chronic hepatitis has become one the most expensive diseases for public health systems all over the world in the past 10-20 years, a real epidemic, the second most frequent, after hepatitis B virus infection. Due to the complex manifestations, one may consider HCV infection as a "systemic" disease. Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) is the most common extrahepatic manifestation of HCV infection,...
Topics
- B-Cell Activating Factor
- B-Lymphocytes
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Cryoglobulins
- Environment
- Epidemics
- Genes, bcl-2
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Global Health
