Vitiligo Associated with Alpha-Interferon in a Patient with Chronic Active Hepatitis C

Cutis

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 289-290

  Nouri, Keyvan ^a,b   Busso, Mariano ^a   Machler, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITILIGO;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITILIGO;

EID: 0031301978     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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