Localized pyoderma gangrenosum after interferon-alpha2b injections

Journal of Dermatological Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 98-99

  Mir Bonafé, José M ^a   Blanco Barrios, Susana ^a   Romo Melgar, Alberto ^a   Santos Briz, Ángel ^a   Fernández López, Emilia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Injection; Interferon; Polycythemia vera; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BETAMETHASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYUREA; PREDNISONE; RUXOLITINIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PAIN; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84872974348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18987249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2012.1113     Document Type: Article

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