Association of lichen planus with hepatitis C virus infection

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-246

  Tonsi, Asaad ^a   Samdani, Azam Jah ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 21844480361     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.243     Document Type: Article

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