Pityriasis rosea in a patient with Behcet's disease treated with interferon alpha 2A

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-228

  Durusoy, Çiçek ^a   Alpsoy, Erkan ^a   Yilmaz, Ertan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Case report; Drug reaction; Interferon; Pityriasis rosea

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; KERATINOCYTE; KILLER CELL; MALE; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; PROTEIN FAMILY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 0032894884     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb03461.x     Document Type: Article

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