Hepatitis C virus genotypes implicated in mixed cryoglobulinemia.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199801)54:1<20::aid-jmv4>3.0.co;2-r

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Hepatitis C virus genotypes implicated in mixed cryoglobulinemia.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1998

Nguyen Q T, Leruez-Ville M, Ferrière F, Cohen P, Roulot-Marullo D, Coste T, Dény P, Guillevin L

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Recent reports suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) might be a causative agent of mixed cryoglobulinemia. To determine whether the HCV genotype is a factor implicated in the onset of cryoglobulinemia, genotyping by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction products of the 5' non coding regio...

Topics

Case-Control Studies
Cryoglobulinemia
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
Transcription, Genetic

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