TY - BOOK ID - 14306055 TI - HCV infection and cryoglobulinemia PY - 2012 SN - 8847017041 9786613453570 884701705X 1283453576 8847055814 PB - Milan ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cryoglobulinemia. KW - Hepatitis C. KW - Cryoglobulinemia KW - Paraproteinemias KW - Hemostatic Disorders KW - Hepatitis C KW - Flaviviridae KW - Hepatitis, Chronic KW - Vascular Diseases KW - Medicine KW - Hepatitis Viruses KW - Blood Protein Disorders KW - RNA Viruses KW - Hepatitis KW - Immunoproliferative Disorders KW - Hepatitis, Viral, Human KW - Health Occupations KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Flaviviridae Infections KW - Viruses KW - Hemorrhagic Disorders KW - Hematologic Diseases KW - Virus Diseases KW - Liver Diseases KW - Diseases KW - Vertebrate Viruses KW - RNA Virus Infections KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Immune System Diseases KW - Organisms KW - Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases KW - Digestive System Diseases KW - Hepacivirus KW - Hepatitis C, Chronic KW - Pathology KW - Vasculitis KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Urology & Nephrology KW - Gastroenterology KW - Cryogammaglobulinemia KW - Hepatitis, Non-A, non-B KW - Non-A, non-B hepatitis, Parenterally-transmitted KW - Parenterally-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis KW - Medicine. KW - Internal medicine. KW - Hepatology. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Oncology. KW - Rheumatology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Internal Medicine. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Flaviviral diseases KW - Hepatitis, Viral KW - Paraproteinemia KW - Clinical medicine. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Oncology . KW - Tumors KW - Internal medicine KW - Connective tissues KW - Joints KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Communicable diseases KW - Medicine, Internal KW - Medicine, Clinical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14306055 AB - In 1947, Lerner and Watson showed that the cold-precipitable proteins in serum were gammaglobulins. These “cryoglobulins” were responsible for the corresponding clinical condition “cryoglobulinemia.” Meltzer and Franklin, in 1966, provided an accurate description of the typical clinical symptoms associated with cryoglobulinemia. Subsequent progress in this field was rather slow until the end of the 1980s, when cryoglobulinemia was definitively shown to be an extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection. The book is unique in its detailed presentation and fundamental approach. Highly qualified authors have contributed critical articles reviewing significant developments in our understanding of and therapeutic approach to HCV infection and cryoglobulinemia. The text is accompanied by striking color images and illustrations and highly informative tables. This comprehensive review of a systemic disease with a complex etiology is a valuable source of up-to-date, expert information not only for basic scientists and specialists in several disciplines but also for general practitioners as well as graduate and post-graduate students in clinical and medical research. ER -