Interferon beta related pulmonary arterial hypertension; An emerging worrying entity?

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-286

  Govern, Eavan Mc ^a   Judge, Eoin P ^a   Kavanagh, Eoin ^a   Gaine, Sean ^a   Lynch, Timothy ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; Treatment; Treatment side effects

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMBRISENTAN; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA1A INTERFERON; DIURETIC AGENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLATIRAMER; SILDENAFIL; BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELAPSE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WALKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-BETA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 84930181614     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: 22110356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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