Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA and core protein in keratinocytes from patients with cutaneous lichen planus and chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 798-803

  Lazaro, Pablo ^a   Olalquiaga, Javier ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^b   Ortiz Movilla, Nuria ^a,b   Rodríguez Iñigo, Elena ^a,b   Pardo, Margarita ^a,b   Lecona, Manuel ^a   Pico, Mercedes ^a,b   Longo, Isabel ^a   García Morrás, Patricia ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus RNA; In situ hybridization; Skin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 18744365171     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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