Clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype IV infection

Background: Symmetric polyarthritis associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently displays a clinical picture like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) have high specificity for the diagnosis of RA. This study examined the frequency and clinical...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 2009-07, Vol.47 (7), p.842-847
Hauptverfasser: Bassyouni, Iman H., Ezzat, Yasser, Hamdy, Sherif, Talaat, Roba M.
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