A case of exacerbation of ulcerative colitis induced by combination therapy with PEG-interferon α-2b and ribavirin [28]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1682-1683

  Watanabe, T ^a   Inoue, M ^b   Harada, K ^b   Homma, N ^b   Uchida, M ^b   Ogata, N ^b   Funada, R ^a   Hasegawa, K ^a   Soga, K ^a   Shibasaki, K ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 33750350271     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.105197     Document Type: Letter

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