Necrotizing cutaneous lesions caused by interferon beta injections in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Dermatology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-53

  Feldmann, R ^a   Low Weiser H ^a   Duschet, P ^a   Gschnait, F ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cutaneous necrosis; Interferon and beta; Subcutaneous injections

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON BETA SERINE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT BETA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1842414797     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245687     Document Type: Article

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