Hemophagocytic syndrome caused by fulminant ulcerative colitis and cytomegalovirus infection: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1250-1255

  Koketsu, Shin Ichiro ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Hori, Nobukazu ^a   Umetani, Naoyuki ^a   Takazawa, Yukata ^b   Nagawa, Hirokasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infection; Emergency operation; Fulminant change; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FULMINANT ULCERATIVE COLITIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; JAPANESE; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 3042701174     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0543-x     Document Type: Article

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