Should we routinely check for hepatitis B and C in patients with lichen planus or cutaneous vasculitis? | Zendy

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Should we routinely check for hepatitis B and C in patients with lichen planus or cutaneous vasculitis?

Author(s) -

Hanaa A. Ibrahim,

Manal Baddour,

Mona Morsi,

A A Abdelkader

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

eastern mediterranean health journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 1687-1634

pISSN - 1020-3397

DOI - 10.26719/1999.5.1.71

Subject(s) - medicine , vasculitis , hepatitis c , antibody , gastroenterology , dermatology , immunology , disease

The study aimed to determine the prevalence of HBs-Ag and anti-HCV antibodies in a group of 43 patients with lichen planus and 19 patients with cutaneous vasculitis versus 30 controls. The results showed that 12 [27.9%]patients with lichen planus were positive for HBs-Ag, 9 [20.9%]were positive for anti-HCV antibodies and 3 [7%]were positive for both. In cutaneous vasculitis patients, 3 [15.8%]were HBs-Ag-positive, 7 [36.8%]were anti-HCV-positive and 3 [15.8%]were positive for both. In the control group, 8 [26.7%]were HBs-Ag positive, 3 [10%]were anti-HCV-positive and 1 [3.3%]was positive for both. These values were not statistically significant

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