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Case Reports
. 2010 Oct;30(5):611-3.
doi: 10.1007/s10792-010-9357-0. Epub 2010 Feb 23.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease occurring during interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Abdulrahman M Al-Muammar  1 , Tariq M Al-Mudhaiyan, Mohammed Al Otaibi, Ayman Abdo, Ahmed M Abu El-Asrar
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Case Reports

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease occurring during interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Abdulrahman M Al-Muammar et al. Int Ophthalmol. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

We report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease in a 30-year-old patient who was receiving interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. The intraocular inflammation responded to systemic corticosteroid and mycophenolate mofetil treatment. Physicians should be aware of the association between interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C virus infection and the development of VKH disease.

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