Article
HCV genotypes in bone marrow and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Zehender G, de Maddalena C, Monti G, Ballare M, Saccardo F, Piconi S, Invernizzi F, Monteverde A, Galli M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The association of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the cryoglobulinemic syndrome is well known, but its pathogenetic mechanism still remains to be clarified. HCV-RNA has been found in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of infected subjects. We investigated the presence of t...
Topics
- Aged
- Bone Marrow
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monocytes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
