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Fixed drug eruption with interferon-beta-1b.

Tai YJ, Tam M

Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. yeejentai@yahoo.com

A 32-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who developed non-injection-site-related fixed drug eruption with interferon-beta-1b. Erythematous plaques started appearing 1 month after the drug was introduced, and increased in number following each administration. The histopathology of a skin biopsy was consistent with fixed drug eruption. The drug was subsequently ceased, with resolution of the rash 6 weeks later.

Published 12 July 2005 in Australas J Dermatol, 46(3): 154-7.
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