Multiple extrahepatic manifestations in a patient with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferona-alfa;Manifestazioni extraepatiche multiple in una paziente con epatite cronica C trattata con interferone-alfa

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 525-528

  Napoli, Nicola ^a,b   Tortorella, Cosimo ^a   Deramo, Maria Teresa ^a   Antonaci, Alessandra ^a   Parisi, Carmen Vita ^a   Antonaci, Salvatore ^a  

^a Immunologia   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Extrahepatic manifestations in chronic hepatitis C; Interferon ; Polyarthritis; Sarcoidosis; Ulcerative cholitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8544233513     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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