Ischemic colitis during interferon-alpha treatment for chronic active hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 582-584

  Tada, Hisashi ^a   Saitoh, Shoichi ^a  

^a HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Interferon; Ischemic colitis; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029802570     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02355061     Document Type: Article

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