Cholestatic hepatitis, acute acalculous cholecystitis, and hemolytic anemia: Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection under azathioprine

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1613-1616

  Hagel, Stefan ^a   Bruns, Tony ^a   Kantowski, Marcus ^a   Fix, Peter ^a   Seidel, Thomas ^a   Stallmach, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEPSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350599920     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20856     Document Type: Letter

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