Stricturing Crohn’’s disease-like colitis in a patient treated with belatacept
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4(CTLA-4) modifying agents have been involved in the development of intestinal inflammation,especially therapeutic monoclonal antibodies directed against CTLA-4. Here we report the appearance of a severe stricturing Crohn’s disease-like colitis in a patient...
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Veröffentlicht in: | World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2017-12, Vol.23 (48), p.8660-8665 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4(CTLA-4) modifying agents have been involved in the development of intestinal inflammation,especially therapeutic monoclonal antibodies directed against CTLA-4. Here we report the appearance of a severe stricturing Crohn’s disease-like colitis in a patient with a kidney allograft who was treated with belatacept,a recombinant CTLA-4-Ig fusion protein. |
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ISSN: | 1007-9327 2219-2840 |
DOI: | 10.3748/wjg.v23.i48.8660 |