Parkinsonism in a patient receiving interferon alpha therapy for chronic hepatitis C

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-56

  Mizoi, Yoshikazu ^a   Kaneko, Hitoshi ^a   Oharazawa, Akiko ^a   Kuroiwa, Hajime ^a  

^a General Ohta Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

chronic hepatitis C; interferon ; Parkinsonism; postural tremor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSONISM; TREMOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0031009066     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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