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ARP Rheumatology
Systemic sclerosis induced by interferon-alfa treatment of melanoma.
Abstract
Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disease characterized by a complex pathogenesis and a multi organ involvement of unknown etiology. Genetic features and environmental factors, as the use of some drugs, influence the onset of the clinical picture. The authors describe a case of a patient who developed systemic sclerosis after treatment of melanoma with interferon alfa-2b, drug rarely implicated in the induction of this disease.
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2017-05-08
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Joana Silva, Daniela Faria, Filipa Teixeira, Maria Afonso, Daniela Peixoto. Systemic sclerosis induced by interferon-alfa treatment of melanoma.. ARP, nº3, Jul/Set 2017:263-264. PMID: 28482357
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