The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCVAb) was investigated in 52 unselected patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia and in 84 patients with other systemic immunologic diseases. HCVAb were detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and their specificity was evaluated by a recombin
Antibodies to Retroviral Proteins and Reverse Transcriptase Activity in Patients With Essential Cryoglobulinemia
β Scribed by Andras Perl; Peter D. Gorevic; John J. Condemi; Lawrence Papsidero; Bernard J. Poiesz; George N. Abraham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 844 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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