Cytomegalovirus colitis following immunosuppressive therapy for lupus peritonitis and lupus nephritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-366

  Ohashi, Naro ^a   Isozaki, Taisuke ^a   Shirakawa, Kentaro ^a   Ikegaya, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^b   Hishida, Akira ^b  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD4; CMV antigenemia; Colonoscopy; Compromised host; Ganciclovir; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLITIS; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PERITONITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0038324495     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.362     Document Type: Article

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