Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) in Crohn's disease (CD) treated with azathioprine

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1503-1505

  Holtmann, M ^a   Schreiner, O ^a   Kohler H ^a   Denzer, U ^a   Neurath, M ^a   Galle, P R ^a   Hohler T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Liver; VOD

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; CROHN DISEASE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041699969     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024755521423     Document Type: Article

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