Rare complication of interferon alpha therapy: Retinal vein thrombosis

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 394-395

  Akyuz, Filiz ^a,c   Akyuz, Umit ^b   Kocaman, Orhan ^a   Kaymakoglu, Sabahattin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interferon alpha; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; GLICLAZIDE; LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 26944437464     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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