A case study: Interferon-beta-induced remission of ulcerative colitis in a patient with type C chronic hepatitis

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1362-1366

  Miike, Tadashi ^d   Tahara, Yoshihiro ^d   Yamaguchi, Yumi ^d   Harada, Taku ^d   Abe, Hiroo ^d   Kusumoto, Kazunori ^a   Numata, Masatsugu ^b   Hasuike, Satoru ^d   Yamamoto, Shojiro ^d   Kodama, Mayumi ^d   Nagata, Kenji ^a   Hayashi, Katsuhiro ^c   Shimoda, Kazuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; REMISSION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 54449089271     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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