Clinical and immunological features of hepatitis C treatment-associated dermatitis in 36 prospective cases [15]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1088-1090

  Lubbe J ^a   Kerl, K ^a   Negro, F ^a   Saurat, J H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LETTER; NECROSIS; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; PAPULE; PARAKERATOSIS; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRANSIENT ACANTHOLYTIC DERMATOSIS; XEROSIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 27544439540     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06931.x     Document Type: Letter

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