Cytomegalovirus affects clinical outcome of infliximab in ulcerative colitis refractory to tacrolimus: Letters to the Editors

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-511

  Nakase, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Matsuura, M ^a   Honzawa, Y ^a   Chiba, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

COLON MUCOSA; COLON RESECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMANS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954319605     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04372.x     Document Type: Letter

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