Leucoencephalopathy after treatment of Churg-Strauss syndrome with interferon α

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1242-1243

  Metzler, C ^a   Lamprecht, P ^a   Hellmich, B ^a   Reuter, M ^b   Arlt, A C ^c   Gross, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUNG INFILTRATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23444435983     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.032664     Document Type: Article

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