Pegylated interferon associated lichen planus at the injection site

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-592

  Ergül, Bilal ^a,b   Koçak, Erdem ^a,b   Akbal, Erdem ^a,b   Köklü, Seyfettin ^a,b   Astarci, Hesna Müzeyyen ^a,b  

^a Ankara Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B PLUS RIBAVIRIN; RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84858046339     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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