Severe necrotising cutaneous lesions complicating treatment with interferon β-1a

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-

  Radziwill, Alexander J ^a,c   Courvoisier, Salome ^b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INJECTION SITE; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032997554     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.1.115     Document Type: Article

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