Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with urticaria

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 195-198

  Kanazawa, Kazuya ^a   Yaoita, Hideo ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; URTICARIA; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0029767033     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(96)90322-9     Document Type: Article

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