Leucocytoclastic vasculitis associated with mixed cryoglobulinaemia and hepatitis C virus infection

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 272-274

  Abe, Y ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a   Takenaka, M ^a   Yoshida, H ^a   Yatsuhashi, H ^b   Yano, M ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031040906     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb14913.x     Document Type: Article

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