The association of hepatitis C viral infection with porphyria cutanea tarda in the Lothian region of Scotland

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-285

  Hussain, I ^a   Hepburn, N C ^a   Jones, A ^a   O'Rourke, K ^a   Hayes, P C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; RISK FACTORS; UROPORPHYRINS;

EID: 0029839506     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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