Cutaneous manifestations in patients of hepatitis C

Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Azfar, Nadia Ali ^a   Zaman, Tariq ^a   Rashid, Tariq ^b   Jahangir, Muhammad ^c  

^a FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Hepatitis C; Manifestation

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUBBING FINGERS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEUKONYCHIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PORPHYRIA; PROGRESSIVE PIGMENTED PURPURA; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPIDER NEVUS; TELANGIECTASIA; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77950806762     PISSN: 15609014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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