Necrolytic acral erythema: A cutaneous sign of hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-251

  Abdallah, Mahmoud A ^a   Ghozzi, Mohamed Y ^a   Monib, Hoda A ^a   Hafez, Aisha M ^a   Hiatt, Kim M ^b   Smoller, Bruce R ^b   Horn, Thomas D ^b,c  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; NECROLYTIC ACRAL ERYTHEMA; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 22144431874     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.04.049     Document Type: Article

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