Large cutaneous-subcutaneous infiltrates: A side effect of interferon beta injections;Grossflachige kutan-subkutane infiltrate als nebenwirkung von interferon-beta-injektion

Hautarzt

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 310-312

  Rieger Ziegler, Verena ^a,b   Kränke, Birger ^a   Soyer, Peter ^a   Aberer, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fuer Dermatologie und Venerologie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Cutaneous subcutaneous infiltrates; Interferon beta; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ERUPTION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON-BETA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0031942959     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050050747     Document Type: Article

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