Generalized granuloma annulare associated with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-189

  Ma, H J ^a   Zhu, W Y ^a   Yue, X Z ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Generalized granuloma annulare; Hepatitis B virus infection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DAPSONE; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; ISOTRETINOIN; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; TRUNK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33646236570     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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