Abducens palsy and Sjögren's syndrome induced by pegylated interferon therapy [8]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 843-844

  Oishi, Akio ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Kashii, Satoshi ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TUMOR GROWTH; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PARALYSIS;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; PARALYSIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 34249791176     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.110494     Document Type: Letter

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