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Case Reports
. 2006 Nov;55(11):1682-3.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.105197.

A case of exacerbation of ulcerative colitis induced by combination therapy with PEG-interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin

T Watanabe, M Inoue, K Harada, N Homma, M Uchida, N Ogata, R Funada, K Hasegawa, K Soga, K Shibasaki
Case Reports

A case of exacerbation of ulcerative colitis induced by combination therapy with PEG-interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin

T Watanabe et al. Gut. 2006 Nov.
No abstract available

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