Severe knee pain as the single symptom of CMV infection in acute ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-28

  D'Haens, Geert ^a   Suenaert, Peter ^a   Westhovens, René ^a   Rutgeerts, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Knee pain; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; PAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KNEE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN;

EID: 0031990867     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-199802000-00005     Document Type: Article

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