Ulcerative colitis triggered by pegylated interferon alone therapy for chronic hepatitis C

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1050-

  Altinbas, Akif ^a   Koybasioglu, Fulya ^a   Aktas, Elif ^b   Yilmaz, Baris ^a   Coban, Sahin ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PEGINTERFERON;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952469187     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21396     Document Type: Letter

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