Severe autoimmune cytopenias in treatment-naive hepatitis C virus infection: clinical description of 35 cases.
Ramos-Casals M, García-Carrasco M, López-Medrano F, Trejo O, Forns X, López-Guillermo A, Muñoz C, Ingelmo M, Font J.
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Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Mar;82(2):87-96. doi: 10.1097/00005792-200303000-00003.
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Patients with HCV-related AHA showed a higher prevalence of associated autoimmune diseases (71%), cryoglobulins (67%), and cirrhosis (59%). All had a good response to corticosteroids, but a poor prognosis (47% mortality). In contrast, patients with HCV-related severe throm …
Patients with HCV-related AHA showed a higher prevalence of associated autoimmune diseases (71%), cryoglobulins (67%), and cirrhosis (59%). …