Skin necrosis after injection of PEG-interferon α2b in an HCV-infected patient [11]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-416

  Sparsa, Agnès ^a   Loustaud Ratti, Véronique ^a   Alain, Sophie ^a   Liozon, Eric ^a   Bédane, Christophe ^a   Vidal, Elisabeth ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDERMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 4744365030     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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