Open AccessNatural history of cytomegalovirus infection in a series of patients diagnosed with moderate-severe ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Valeria Criscuoli,
Maria Rosa Rizzuto,
Luigi Montalbano,
Elena Gallo,
Mario Cottone
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i5.633
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , human cytomegalovirus , medicine , pouchitis , colitis , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel disease , betaherpesvirinae , pathology , immunology , virus , viral disease , herpesviridae , disease
To evaluate the natural history of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in a series of 28 ulcerative colitis patients in whom the search for HCMV was positive.