Successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon, ribavirin, and infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease [11]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1333-1334

  Abdelmalek, Manal F ^a   Liu, Chen ^b   Valentine, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; PEGINTERFERON; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ENTEROPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTESTINE EDEMA; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 34249065208     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01131.x     Document Type: Letter

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