[Long-term treatment with interferon-alpha can induce sarcoidosis. The connection can be stronger than earlier believed]

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
• Antiviral Agents / adverse effects*
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Female
• Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy
• Humans
• Interferon-alpha / administration & dosage
• Interferon-alpha / adverse effects*
• Lymphocyte Activation
• Macrophage Activation
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Ribavirin / administration & dosage
• Risk Factors
• Sarcoidosis / chemically induced*
• Sarcoidosis / immunology
• Th1 Cells / immunology
• Time Factors