The relationship between lichen planus and hepatitis C clarified

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1048-1050

  Bigby, Michael ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70349326113     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.145.9.1048     Document Type: Editorial

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