Cytomegalovirus infection in a patient treated with efalizumab for psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 961-962

  Miquel, F Javier ^a   Colomina, Javier ^b   Marí, Juan I ^b   Ortega, Carmen ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFALIZUMAB; ETRETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LATENT PERIOD; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NIGHT SWEAT; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD11; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 68949093934     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.154     Document Type: Letter

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