Hepatocellular carcinoma occurring in a patient with Crohn's disease treated with both azathioprine and infliximab

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 952-955

  Chen, Shawn C ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a   Hartley, Michael P ^a   Filomena, Carol A ^a   Cho, Won Kyoo ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Focal hepatic glycogenosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Infliximab

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; INFLIXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOCAL HEPATIC GLYCOGENOSIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AZATHIOPRINE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 33745862364     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-9009-9     Document Type: Article

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