Hepatitis C seropositivity in patients with acute and chronic urticaria

Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-148

  Malik, Lamees Mahmood ^a   Mufti, Shaiqa ^a   Saeed, Samina ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Hussain, Ijaz ^a  

^a Ameeruddin Medical College PGMI Lahore General Hospital M Phil Stud   (Pakistan)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; URTICARIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77950795835     PISSN: 15609014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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