Successful treatment of therapy-resistant metastatic Crohn's disease with infliximab [12]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1045-1046

  Rispo, A ^a   Lembo, G ^a   Insabato, L ^a   Cozzolino, A ^a   Pesce, G ^a   Castiglione, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; LETTER; METASTASIS; METASTATIC CROHN DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ULCER; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; DERMATITIS; RECTUM FISTULA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 3042697203     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05958.x     Document Type: Letter

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