Complicated granulomatous colitis in a patient with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, successfully treated with infliximab

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Erzin, Yusuf ^a,b   Cosgun, Suleyman ^a   Dobrucali, Ahmet ^a   Tasyurekli, Mustafa ^a   Erdamar, Sibel ^a   Tuncer, Murat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granulomatous colitis; Hermansky Pudlak syndrome; Infliximab

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEFLAZACORT; ENEMA; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OCULAR ALBINISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 33747601112     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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