Frequency of anti-HCV antibodies in patients with lichen planus

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 248-251

  Mahboob, Atiya ^a   Haroon, Tahir Saeed ^b   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Iqbal, Farrukh ^a   Butt, Arshad Kamal ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibodies; HCV RNA; Lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RIBAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION; JAUNDICE; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038504977     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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