Sarcoidosis and multiple sclerosis: Systemic toxicity associated with the use of interferon-beta therapy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-31

  Carbonelli, Cristiano ^a   Montepietra, S ^a   Caruso, A ^a   Cavazza, A ^a   Feo, C ^a   Menzella, F ^a   Motti, L ^a   Zucchi, L ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Demyelinating diseases; Interferons; Management; Medication; Multiple sclerosis; Neurological disorders; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA1 INTERFERON; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSTHENIA; OPTIC NEURITIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84861156363     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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