Hepatitis C virus and the skin

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 107-108, 2011, Pages 880-886

  Al Ali, Jaber ^a,c   Al Mutari, Nawaf ^a,b   Ahmed, El Shahat Farag ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C virus; Cutaneous disease; Extrahepatic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH LESION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRURITUS; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN DISEASES; URTICARIA;

EID: 80051608981     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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