Porphyria cutanea tarda and hepatitis C virus infection

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1015-1017

  Tsukazaki, N ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Irifune, H ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PORPHYRIN; UROPORPHYRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA;

EID: 0031747627     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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