Extensive psoriasis induced by pegylated interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-482

  Kim, Gun Wook ^a   Jwa, Seung Wook ^a   Song, Margaret ^a   Kim, Hoon Soo ^a   Kim, Byung Soo ^a,b   Kim, Moon Bum ^a,b   Ko, Hyun Chang ^a,c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Peginterferon alfa 2a; Psoriasis; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892168775     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: 20053894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2013.25.4.479     Document Type: Article

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