Successful treatment of life-threatening intestinal ulcer in Behçet's disease with infliximab: Rapid healing of Behçet's ulcer with infliximab

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1383-1385

  Ju, Ji Hyeon ^a   Kwok, Seung Ki ^a   Seo, Soo Hong ^a   Yoon, Chong Hyeon ^a   Kim, Ho Youn ^a   Park, Sung Hwan ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Ileal ulcer; Infliximab

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; INFLIXIMAB;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER;

EID: 34447129354     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0410-3     Document Type: Article

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