Adminstration of PEG-Interferon to a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis and Chronic Hepatitis C Correlated with Reduced Colonic Inflammation and Reversal of Peripheral Th1/Th2 Ratios
A 42-year-old man with chronic hepatitis C and ulcerative colitis (UC) was referred to our hospital in August 2004 because of bloody diarrhea. He was clinically and endoscopically diagnosed with flare of UC. After informed consent had been obtained, he was treated with PEG-IFN-α-2a. Four weeks after...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.karger.comArticle/FullText/112654 |