Mediastinal sarcoidosis induced by high-dose alpha-2-interferon therapy in a patient with malignant melanoma [1]

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1716-1717

  Massaguer, Sara ^a   Sánchez, Marcelo ^b   Castel, Teresa ^b  

^a Hospital Clínic ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MELANOMA; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544309494     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2207-y     Document Type: Letter

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