Regression of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the gastrointestinal tract under infliximab treatment

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-265

  Germanidis, Georgios ^a   Xanthakis, Ioannis ^a   Tsitouridis, Ioannis ^a   Zaramboukas, Thomas ^b   Kiskinis, Dimitrios ^b   Konstantaras, Christos ^b   Miliaras, Spiros ^a,b   Sirakos, Theodoros ^b   Pagkalos, Emmanouil ^a  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti TNF binding antibody; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Infliximab; Treatment

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SEPARATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14644405678     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1593-1     Document Type: Article

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