Colonic cytomegalovirus detection by mucosal PCR and antiviral therapy in ulcerative colitis.
We aimed to identify the risk factors associated with colonic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in ulcerative colitis (UC) and to compare the clinical course between antiviral therapy-treated and -untreated groups in mucosal CMV-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -positive cases.We retrospectively select...
Main Authors: | Koki Okahara, Naoyoshi Nagata, Takayuki Shimada, Akane Joya, Tsunefusa Hayashida, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Shinichi Oka, Toshiyuki Sakurai, Naomi Uemura, Junichi Akiyama |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590814?pdf=render |
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