Sarcoidosis after interferon therapy for chronic active hepatitis C

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Teragawa, Hiroki ^a   Hondo, Tatsuya ^a   Takahashi, Koichi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Ohe, Hirotoki ^a   Hattori, Nobuaki ^a   Watanabe, Yasunori ^a   Amano, Hajime ^a   Hino, Fumiaki ^a   Ohbayashi, Makoto ^a   Urushihara, Takashi ^a   Yonehara, Shuji ^a  

^a Onomichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrioventricular block; noncaseating granulomatous lesions; 2a interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; INTERFERON; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9244251515     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.19     Document Type: Article

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