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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2912-2914
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2912
Cytomegalovirus colitis in a patient with Behcet’s disease receiving tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitory treatment
Ismail Sari, Merih Birlik, Can Gonen, Servet Akar, Duygu Gurel, Fatos Onen, Nurullah Akkoc
Ismail Sari, Merih Birlik, Servet Akar, Fatos Onen, Nurullah Akkoc, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir 35340, Turkey
Can Gonen, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir 35340, Turkey
Duygu Gurel, Department of Pathology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir 35340, Turkey
Author contributions: Sari I and Birlik M wrote the paper; Sari I and Akar S drafted the article; Sari I, Gonen C and Gurel D collected and assembled the data; Onen F and Akkoc N critically revised the article for important intellectual content; Akkoc N finally approved the article.
Correspondence to: Professor Nurullah Akkoc, MD, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Ic hastaliklari ABD Immunoloji-Romatoloji BD 35340 Inciralti, Izmir 35340, Turkey. nurullah.akkoc@deu.edu.tr
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Received: January 28, 2008
Revised: April 9, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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