Cytomegalovirus infection masquerading as an ulcerative colitis flare- up: Case report and review of the literature

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-328

  Begos, Dennis G ^a,b   Rappaport, Rachel ^a   Jain, Dhanpat ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GANCICLOVIR; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; COLON; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STEROIDS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0030877973     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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