Lobular panniculitis at the site of glatiramer acetate injections for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. A report of two cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-410

  Ball, Nigel J ^a,c   Cowan, Bryce J ^a,b   Moore, G R Wayne ^a   Hashimoto, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLATIRAMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LIPOATROPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PANNICULITIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIPODYSTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PANNICULITIS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 40549117483     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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