Association between hepatitis C virus and oral lichen planus

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-133

  Alves, Mônica Ghislaine Oliveira ^a   Almeida, Janete Dias ^a   Cabral, Luiz Antonio Guimarães ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; ETHNICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79952464705     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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