Ulcerative colitis and common variable immunodeficiency: Case report

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-481

  Borba de Arruda, Severino Marcos ^a   do Rego Silva, Almerinda Maria ^a   de Barros, Kátia Simone Cezário ^a   Cunha, Ana Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IVERMECTIN; MEBEVERINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SECNIDAZOLE; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66149093911     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20607     Document Type: Letter

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