Ulcerative colitis after liver transplant and immunosuppression

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 206-209

  Khan, Seema ^a,b   Lichtman, Steven N ^c   Reyes, Jorge ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; METRONIDAZOLE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0033016223     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199902000-00023     Document Type: Article

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