A patient with Philadelphia-positive (Ph+) chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) was diagnosed with cutaneous sarcoidosis after treatment with interferon-alpha (IFN-␣). Following IFN-␣ dose reduction, the skin lesions disappeared. Few cases of sarcoidosis associated with IFN treatment have been reporte
Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia treated with interferon alpha
✍ Scribed by Daniel Schlaifer; Philippe Dumazer; Nathalie Spenatto; Madeleine Mignon-Conte; Pierre Brousset; Catherine Lumbroso; Mike Cooper; Catherine Muller; Françoise Huguet; Michel Attal; Guy Laurent; Jacques Pris
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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