Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with interferon beta treatment for multiple sclerosis: A case report

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 885-886

  Ledinek, A H ^a   Jazbec, S S ^a   Drinovec, I ^b   Rot, Uroš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Interferon beta; Multiple sclerosis; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Side effects; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BOSENTAN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-BETA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PIPERAZINES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PURINES; SULFONAMIDES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649336879     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509104593     Document Type: Article

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