Skin reactions to interferon beta in a series of 92 patients with multiple sclerosis;Reacciones cutaneas por interferon beta en una serie de 92 pacientes con esclerosis multiple

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 447-448

  Fortuño, Yolanda ^a,d   Marcoval, Joaquim ^a   Gallego, Isabel ^a   Moreno, Abelardo ^b   Arbizu, Txomin ^c   Peyrí, Jordi ^a  

^a Ciutat Universitaria de Bellvitge   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Fisioterapia   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interferon beta; Multiple sclerosis; Skin necrosis; Skin reactions

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 0033576097     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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