Cutaneous thrombotic microangiopathy during treatment with Alpha-interferon for chronic hepatitis C [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 871-872

  Creput, Caroline ^a   Auffret, Nicole ^a   Samuel, Didier ^b   Jian, Raymond ^a   Hill, Gary ^a   Nochy, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036893590     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00302-1     Document Type: Letter

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