Elevated alphafetoprotein in an hepatitis B seropositive African woman with hypertrophic zosteriform lichen planus

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-250

  Daramola, O O M ^a   Otegbayo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; SULFOSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS;

EID: 0142042457     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300424     Document Type: Letter

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