Lymphocytic meningitis with infliximab for ulcerative colitis [3]

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1420-1422

  Tissot, Bertrand ^a   Visée, Sébastien ^a   Pilette, Christophe ^a   Prophette, Bernard ^a   Puechal, Xavier ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU MANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 33846090305     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(06)73577-1     Document Type: Article

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