Hepatitis C virus-associated polyarteritis nodosa
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Classic polyarteritis nodosa associated with hepatitis C virus infection: a case report
INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus has been under-recognized as an etiologic factor for polyarteritis nodosa and the presence of hepatitis C antigenemia in patients with polyarteritis nodosa has been reported as insignificant. In the literature hepatitis C virus-associated polyarteritis nodosa is a rare and controversial entity. CASE PRESENTATION A 34-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil man presented to ou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis Care & Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2151-464X
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20381