Fulminant infection with herpes and varicella zoster in a patient with Crohn's disease under treatment with azathioprine;Infección fulminante por herpes varicela zoster en paciente con enfermedad de Crohn en tratamiento con azatioprina

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-

  Vergara, M ^a   Brullet, E ^a   Campo, R ^a   Calvet, X ^a   Blanch, Ll ^a  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEVER; HERPES; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; MORTALITY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 0035154287     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(01)70132-x     Document Type: Letter

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