title: Clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease during treatment with interferon for associated chronic active hepatitis.
abstract: Seven patients with inactive ulcerative colitis and seven patients with Crohn's disease (5 inactive, 2 mildly active) received interferon treatment for associated chronic active hepatitis. Neither relapse (except in one patient) nor worsening of the clinical course of the inflammatory bowel disease was observed during treatment. According to these results chronic active hepatitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease can be treated with interferon without the risk of deteriorating the course of the inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica R, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cottone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magliocco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trallori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brignola
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vandelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ardizzone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zannoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Maio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astegiano
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins