2009-04-13Zeitschriftenartikel
Clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype IV infection
Bassyouni, Iman H.; Ezzat, Yasser; Hamdy, Sherif; Talaat, Roba M.
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 ...