Open AccessCharacteristic endoscopic findings and risk factors for cytomegalovirus-associated colitis in patients with active ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Yutaka Hirayama,
Takafumi Ando,
Yoshiki Hirooka,
Osamu Watanabe,
Ryoji Miyahara,
Masanao Nakamura,
Takeshi Yamamura,
Hidemi Goto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v8.i6.301
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , colitis , odds ratio , inflammatory bowel disease , pancolitis , cytomegalovirus , medical record , ganciclovir , colorectal cancer , immunology , human cytomegalovirus , disease , cancer , viral disease , virus , herpesviridae
To identify characteristic endoscopic findings and risk factors for cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated colitis in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC).