Interferon α-induced sarcoidosis to a patient with polycythemia vera

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sionidou, M ^a   Spyratos, D ^a   Chloros, D ^a   Sichletidis, Lazaros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HYDROXYUREA; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COUGHING; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTE TOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957474863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3740     Document Type: Article

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