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. 1998 Dec;57(12):701–702. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.12.701

Mixed cryoglobulinaemia after hepatitis C virus: more and less ambiguity

V AGNELLO 1
PMCID: PMC1752515  PMID: 10070267

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Results of the Italian6 and French7 studies are compared. The prevalences of cirrhosis in essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia (EMC) and in cryoglobulinaemia secondary to chronic liver disease (2° CLD) are shown. The prevalences of the type of cryoglobulinaemia (II or III) and rheumatoid factor (RF) and antibodies to hepatitis C virus antigens (HCV Ab) in the serum are shown for each group. Reprinted from Agnello V,8 with permission of the publisher.

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