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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis and necrolytic acral erythema in patients with hepatitis C infection: do viral load and viral genotype play a role?
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Aug 2010
El-Darouti Mohammad A, Mashaly Heba M, El-Nabarawy Eman, Eissa Amal M, Abdel-Halim Mona R E, Fawzi Marwa M T, El-Eishi Nermine H, Tawfik Sherine O, Zaki Naglaa S, Zidan Anoud Z, Fawzi Marwa, Abdelaziz Mohammad, Fawzi Mai M T, Shaker Olfat G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) and necrolytic acral erythema (NAE) are skin disorders associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, they have not been found to occur simultaneously in the same patient. OBJECTIVE: We sought to analyze the role of serum HCV-RNA levels and HCV genotype in the pathogenesis of both LCV and NAE in an attempt to assess whether these two parameters play a...
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