Toxic megacolon associated with cytomegalovirus infection in ulcerative colitis [2]

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1107-1108

  Shimada, Yoshifumi ^a   Iiai, Tsuneo ^a   Okamoto, Haruhiko ^a   Suda, Takeyasu ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a   Honma, Terasu ^a   Ajioka, Yoichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GANCICLOVIR; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC MEGACOLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC;

EID: 0347513390     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1217-5     Document Type: Letter

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