Dry cough and optic neuritis: Two rare complications of interferon α treatment in chronic viral hepatitis [8]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1303-1304

  Isler, Mehmet ^a,b   Akhan, Galip ^a   Bardak, Yavuz ^a   Akkaya, Ahmet ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Istasyon Cad 43/6   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DEMYELINATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0035045398     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02290-0     Document Type: Letter

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4. Optic tract neuropathy complicating low-dose interferon treatment
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7. Pneumonitis during interferon and/or herbal drug therapy in patients with chronic active hepatitis
8. Increased serum soluble IL-2 receptor levels following interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C
9. Evaluation of IL-2, sIL2R, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta levels in serum and CSF of patients with optic neuritis
10. Alterations of T-lymphocyte subsets, soluble IL-2 receptor, and IgE in peripheral blood of children with acute asthma attacks