Successful treatment of a patient with febrile, lobular panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease) with oral cyclosporin A: Implications for pathogenesis and therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 612-614

  Iwasaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hamano, Teruaki ^a   Ogata, Atsushi ^a   Hashimoto, Naoaki ^a   Kakishita, Eizo ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar hemorrhage; Disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome (DIC); Interferon gamma (IFN ); Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL 2R)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

EID: 0032838581     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.612     Document Type: Article

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