No association between hepatitis B or C viruses and vulval lichen planus in a UK population

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-273

  Cooper, S M ^a,c   Kirtschig, G ^b   Jeffery, K J M ^a   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREVALENCE; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 1542374610     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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