Dramatic response to granulocytapheresis in a Crohn's disease case complicated by hepatitis C virus

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1533-1534

  Sawada, Koji ^a   Ohnishi, Kunio ^b   Kusaka, Takeshi ^b   Matoba, Yoshika ^b   Fukunaga, Ken ^b  

^a Fujimoto Hospital Medicine   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Granulocytapheresis; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; MESALAZINE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTAPHERESIS; DRUG RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOCYTAPHERESIS; GRANULOCYTE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTAPHERESIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOCYTES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844444291     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2875-3     Document Type: Article

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