Idiopathic colonic inflammation in AIDS: An open trial of prednisone

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 2237-2240

  Gopal, Deepak V ^a   Hassaram, Shirley ^a   Marcon, Norman E ^a   Kandel, Gabor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; COLON ULCER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANUS DISEASES; BIOPSY; COLECTOMY; COLITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; WARTS;

EID: 0030732493     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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