Systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome induced in a case by interferon-α used for the treatment of hepatitis C

Lupus

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 753-755

  Onishi, S ^a   Nagashima, T ^a   Kimura, H ^a   Matsuyama, Y ^a   Yoshio, T ^a   Minota, S ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Interferon ; Sj gren's syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3C; CRYOGLOBULIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID; LA ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; RO ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PAROTID ENLARGEMENT; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; RASH; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951212627     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203309353172     Document Type: Article

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