Inclusion body myositis after interferon-α treatment in a patient with HCV and HTLV-1 infection

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 609-614

  Warabi, Yoko ^a   Matsubara, Shiro ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV 1); Inclusion body myositis (IBM); Interferon (IFN )

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CREATINE KINASE; INTERFERON; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FROZEN SECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HEPATITIS C; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 4844230632     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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