{"title":"Mixed cryoglobulinemia and hepatitis C virus.","authors":"V Agnello","doi":"10.1080/21548331.1995.11443161","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HCV appears to cause chiefly an asymptomatic chronic infection, which is nonetheless linked to a heightened prevalence of \"essential\" mixed cryoglobulinemia. The monoclonal rheumatoid factor occurring in the disease may result from chronic stimulation of the immune system, perhaps by the virus directly.</p>","PeriodicalId":77164,"journal":{"name":"Hospital practice (Office ed.)","volume":"30 3","pages":"35-42; quiz 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21548331.1995.11443161","citationCount":"13","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital practice (Office ed.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1995.11443161","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
HCV appears to cause chiefly an asymptomatic chronic infection, which is nonetheless linked to a heightened prevalence of "essential" mixed cryoglobulinemia. The monoclonal rheumatoid factor occurring in the disease may result from chronic stimulation of the immune system, perhaps by the virus directly.