Fatal neurosarcoidosis induced by interferon alpha treatment in chronic hepatitis C

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 949-950

  Benzagmout, Mohammed ^a   Oudghiri, Bouchra ^a   Boujraf, Saïd ^a,b   Chakour, Khalid ^a   Chaoui, Mohamed El Faïz ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 78650474190     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.73751     Document Type: Letter

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