Liver Disease
"Serum Cryoglobulin and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Disease among Japanese Patients."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 4th, 1995
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Gastroenterology, "Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated mixed cryoglobulins appear to be detected often in hepatitis C-related chronic liver disease. The association of the two phenomenon among Japanese patients is the subject of the present study. Methods: Serum levels of total hemolytic complement (CH50) and anti-C3d-binding immune complex, as well as the prevalence of cryoglobulins, were studied in 213 patients with chronic liver disease (hepatitis C, 155; hepatitis B, 58). Cryoprecipitates were tested for anti-HCV Ab and HCV RNA. Results: CH50 activity was significantly lower in...
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