Suspected acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with interferon alpha therapy for hepatitis C: case report

Interferon alpha (IFNα) has immune stimulatory actions implicated in its pulmonary toxicities. We describe deterioration of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) associated with IFNα treatment for chronic hepatitis C in a 58 year old woman culminating in a fatal suspected acute exacerbation of IPF (AE...

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Autores principales: Ling, Victoria Yee-May, Mortimore, Marianne, Serisier, David J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing AG 2013
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23538739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-101

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23538739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-101

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