Generalized eczema secondary to combined treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in a patient with chronic hepatitis from the hepatitis C virus;Eczema generalizado secundario a tratamiento combinado con interferón alfa-2a pegilado y ribavirina en un paciente con hepatitis crónica por virus de la hepatitis C

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-123

  Ruiz De Casas, Andrés ^a   García Bravo, Begoña ^a   Camacho, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Chronic hepatitis C; Eczema; Interferon; Peginterferon; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE;

EID: 17144419628     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(05)73051-9     Document Type: Article

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