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Abstract
Treatment of Crohn's disease with infliximab is an important drug therapy for patients with refractory and fistulating disease. There are concerns over its use in a proportion of Crohn's patients with concurrent hepatitis C infection, since there are theoretical risks of accelerated hepatic decompensation due to the immunomodulatory impact of infliximab. We report a patient with both Crohn's disease and ongoing active hepatitis C infection who underwent infliximab therapy, with no worsening of his liver function or PCR status.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11246620 DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200102000-00016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol ISSN: 0954-691X Impact factor: 2.566