title: Does intercurrent hepatitis have a beneficial effect on the course of Crohn's disease?
abstract: Four patients who developed acute viral hepatitis in the course of active Crohn's disease are reported upon. Three of these patients (1 with hepatitis A and 2 with hepatitis B) had a very striking and unusual clinical remission or apparent healing on regression of the hepatitis. These observations suggest that intercurrent hepatitis may have a beneficial effect on the course of active Crohn's disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies