Abnormal serum porphyrin levels in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with or without hepatitis C virus infection

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 906-910

  Nomura, Nakao ^a,b   Zolla Pazner, Susan ^a,b   Simberkoff, Michael ^a   Kim, Mimi ^b   Sassa, Shigeru ^c   Lim, Henry W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 0029793662     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.8.906     Document Type: Article

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