Diffuse biphasic cutaneous amyloidosis in an HCV-seropositive patient: Another extrahepatic manifestation of HCV infection?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 983-985

  Erbagci, Zülal ^a,b   Erkilic, S ^a   Tuncel, A A ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biphasic cutaneous amyloidosis; Caucasian; Chronic inactive hepatitis; HCV infection; Interferon alpha

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; BACK; LEG; PIGMENT DISORDER; SKIN DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BACK; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 33644661499     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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