## Abstract Lung toxicity related to interferon (IFN) alpha typically takes a form of interstitial pneumonitis, granulomatous inflammation, or organizing pneumonia. We report a case of a 52βyearβold woman, who developed pneumonitis with exudative, lymphocyticβpredominant pleural effusion following
Interferon alpha and ribavirin in the treatment of children with chronic hepatitis C
β Scribed by Magdalena Figlerowicz; Wojciech Sluzewski; Arleta Kowala-Piaskowska; Iwona Mozer-Lisewska
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 163
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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