title: [A case study: interferon-beta-induced remission of ulcerative colitis in a patient with type C chronic hepatitis].
abstract: A 66-year-old man patient with chronic hepatitis (CH) C and complications from ulcerative colitis (UC) was treated with interferon-beta (IFN-beta). Endoscopically, the UC disease activity was moderate before IFN-beta treatment but was in remission eight week after treatment. However, a few months after stopping IFN treatment, endoscopy revealed that the UC disease activity had returned to moderate levels. This result shows that UC improved with IFN treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miike
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Numata
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasuike
authors.forename: Shojiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimoda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D016899:Interferon-beta