Clinical evaluation of vitiligo and its relationship with viral hepatitis [13]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-366

  Adiloglu, A K ^a   Basak, P Y ^a   Baysal, V ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; VITILIGO;

EID: 0037987899     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00792_13.x     Document Type: Letter

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