Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease
Joint Authors
Erdogan, Gurkan
Guney, Esra
Sezgin Akcay, Betül Ilkay
Akcali, Gulunay
Bozkurt, Tahir Kansu
Unlu, Cihan
Bayramlar, Hüseyin
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Behçet’s disease (BD) and vitiligo are diseases of unknown etiology.
Interferon (IFN) alpha therapy is commonly used in Behçet uveitis.
Interferon treatment in various diseases have also been observed causing certain autoimmune diseases such as vitiligo because of its immunomodulatory activity.
The association between IFN therapy and vitiligo has been reported in the literature.
We report a 21-year-old man with BD in whom vitiligo occurred during IFN treatment.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such an association.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Guney, Esra& Akcali, Gulunay& Sezgin Akcay, Betül Ilkay& Unlu, Cihan& Erdogan, Gurkan& Bozkurt, Tahir Kansu…[et al.]. 2012. Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Guney, Esra…[et al.]. Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Guney, Esra& Akcali, Gulunay& Sezgin Akcay, Betül Ilkay& Unlu, Cihan& Erdogan, Gurkan& Bozkurt, Tahir Kansu…[et al.]. Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease. Case Reports in Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468112
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-468112
