Peripheral neuropathy with infliximab therapy in inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1772-

  Burger, D C ^a   Florin, T H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; COLON CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIMB PAIN; LOOSE FECES; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PANCREATITIS; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RASH; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; VOMITING;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 72549108947     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20870     Document Type: Letter

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