Sarcoid-like granulomatous orbital inflammation induced by interferon-α treatment

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-313

  Hwang, Catherine J ^a   Gausas, Roberta E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; RIBAVIRIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT GRANULOMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48849107199     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31817d81c7     Document Type: Article

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