Interferon induced sarcoidosis with cutaneous involvement along lines of venous drainage in a former intravenous drug user

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Shuja, Fareesa ^a   Kavoussi, Shaheen C ^a   Mir, Mohsin R ^a   Jogi, Reena P ^a   Rosen, Ted ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VEIN;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VEINS;

EID: 74049131889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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