Possible involvement of interferon β in post-operative vasculitis restricted to the tumour bed: A case report

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-450

  Abe, Tatsuya ^a   Sugita, Kenji ^a   Morishige, Masaki ^a   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^a   Ishii, Keisuke ^a   Kamida, Tohru ^a   Hikawa, Takamitsu ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a   Kashima, Kenji ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Interferon ; Irradiation; Oligoastrocytoma; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 51349125597     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0149-1     Document Type: Article

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