| Literature DB >> 19820436 |
Jarmila Szilasiová1, Zuzana Gdovinová, Jagienka Jautová, Janette Baloghová, Marta Ficová, Peter Bohus.
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We report a 38-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, treated with subcutaneous injections of interferon beta (IFN-beta)-1b every other day. Disseminated cutaneous lesions were observed after 3 injections. These symptoms reappeared after drug readministration. The histopathological examination of the skin specimens confirmed nonspecific cutaneous lymphocytic vasculitis. The patient's outcome was favorable after corticosteroid placement and discontinuing IFN-beta therapy. Isolated lymphocytic cutaneous vasculitis linked to IFN-beta-1b therapy is suspected as a new association.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19820436 DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3181a2b5fd
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Neuropharmacol ISSN: 0362-5664 Impact factor: 1.592