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[Cryoglobulinemia associated with hepatitis C-related chronic liver disease in Japan].
Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology - 1 Apr 1997
Tomoe M, Takatori M, Iwabuchi S, Iino S
Abstract excerpt
The association between the actual status of cryoglobulins (CGs) expression in hepatitis C-related chronic liver disease (C-CLD) and different types of liver pathology, HCV-RNA titers and genotypes was investigated. Sixteen out of 1340 ordinary clinical specimens were CGs-positive (1%), and in 8 of them (50%) the patients blood was HCV-RNA positive. CGs was detected in 63% of C-CLD patients as a whole, but when...
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