The low seropositivity of hepatitis B virus in vitiligo patients [8]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-111

  Akcan, Y ^a   Kavak, A ^a   Sertbas, Y ^a   Olut, A I ^b   Korkut, E ^a   Bicik, Z ^a   Kisacik, B ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; VITILIGO;

EID: 33646015699     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01335.x     Document Type: Letter

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